The u. s. house of representatives was designed to a. protect the rights of citizens who belong to third parties. b. check the power of tyrannical state governors. c. be the least democratic chamber of congress. d. ensure minority rights. e. ensure majority rule.

The tower commission, appointed by president reagan in 1987 to investigate how the iran-contra affair had happened, concluded that most of the blame lay with a. president reagan himself, for careless management of his subordinates b. congress, for poorly drawn legislation that failed to define carefully the role of the president's national security council c. the american people, for failing to pay attention to the conduct of international affairs d. the federal courts, for having allowed excessive power to flow to the executive branch