Members of Congress enjoy all of the following advantages of incumbency except.
A. the ability to direct federal spending to their districts or states.
B. the ability to communicate regularly with constituents at taxpayer
expense.
C. the ability to draw congressional district boundaries to maximize
their electoral chances.
D. the ability to raise large sums of campaign contributions.
E. the ability to perform constituent service.

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after a more than a decade and a half of combating al qaeda (aq) in afghanistan and pakistan,

the united states faces a diverse array of threats from al qaeda affiliates in the middle east and

africa. while senior al qaeda figures reportedly remain based in pakistan, the network includes

a number of affiliates across the middle east and africa including al qaeda in the arabian

peninsula (aqap), al qaeda in the islamic maghreb (aqim), and al shabaab. al qaeda also

retains a small but possibly growing presence in afghanistan. u.s. officials have stated that al

qaeda still maintains a foothold in syria through its ties to hay’at tahrir al sham (formerly

known as the nusra front), though the exact nature of that relationship may be evolving. this

report examines the threat posed by al qaeda affiliates in the middle east and africa as described

by u.s. officials and outside observers, as well as the u.s. approach to date in responding to these

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the right answer is d) a conference committee. it is a temporary panel formed by house and senate members in order to reconcile differences in legislation.