Relatively few controversial bills are passed in the days before Congress adjourns. This is because
A)the subcommittees are overworked.
B)it is easier for the President to veto it.
C)the bills are not submitted before adjournment
D)most members of Congress have already gone home.

B. It is easier for the President to veto it

Explanation:

classical republicanism, also known as civic humanism, is a form of republicanism  developed in the renaissance inspired by the governmental forms and writings of  classical  antiquity, especially such  classical  writers as aristotle, polybius, and cicero.

i want to say death; parole, probation, and fines are still being used all the time.