CLEP US Government

Answer: B - Senator Knowsome’s bill being sent to a committee and then a sub-committee is an example of the policy formulation stage of the policymaking cycle. Policy formulation is when you are trying to figure out how to solve a public problem. In the US system this can get really tricky because you have to get a whole lot of people to agree to the policy solution. By the time you get 3/5 of the Senate, a majority of the House, and the President to agree on something, the actual policy probably isn’t making very many people actually happy about it. It becomes a “Well, this is better than nothing” scenario.