By reading a party platform, you can learn about the party’s a. beliefs and positions on political issues.
b. campaign strategies for the coming election.
c. budget for campaign spending.
d. plans for the national convention.

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.