Apolice officer visits ben and heather's class to discuss safety rules. to attract the children's attention, the officer brings colorful balloons and lots of jars of bubbles for the children to blow. later, heather tells her parents all about the balloons and bubbles but cannot remember any of the safety rules the officer presented. heather obviously paid more attention to what was:

Congress is controlled by the democrats. president yaeger, a republican, takes several actions that are opposed by the democrats in congress. first, the president introduces a new budget that cuts most of the government's social programs and gives tax breaks to the wealthy. next, president yaeger negotiates a trade treaty with a nation accused of human rights abuses. then, the president gives pardons to three republican senators who have been convicted of crimes.