Read this passage: A government makes its decisions based on public input.
Once a month, citizens gather in a public meeting to voice
their concerns, propose new policies, and debate
important issues. At the end of the meeting, the people
take a vote to decide new policies. Any proposal that
receives a majority of the votes becomes law.
The government described in the passage most reflects the features of which
type of democracy?
A. Presidential democracy
B. Direct democracy
C. Indirect democracy
D. Parliamentary democracy

on 6 november american voters will elect members of the house of representatives and the senate, which together are called congress.

both houses of congress are currently controlled by the republican party, which backs president donald trump.

the democrats think they can win control of the house of representatives this year by winning a majority of seats.

doing so would let them block or delay the president’s plans by refusing to enact them.

all 435 seats in the house of representatives are up for election.

if the democrats want to take control of the house by having the most seats, they’re going to have to claim at least 23 from the republicans.

graphic: the battle for the house of representatives

after the senate and the house passed different bills and deadlock threatened, a compromise bill was worked out with the following provisions: (1) missouri was admitted as a slave state and maine (formerly part of massachusetts).