The Senate and House recently passed transportation bills appropriating different amounts of funding for funding highways. To reconcile the differences, the chambers must appoint members from each chamber to meet and come up with some compromise.

This is an example of:

a. protracted negotiation.

b. a standing committee.

c. majority dominance.

d. a conference committee.

e. the seniority rule.

The school cafeteria can make pizza for approximately $0.30 a slice. the cost of kitchen use and cafeteria staff runs about $200 per day. the pizza den nearby will deliver whole pizzas for $9.00 each. the cafeteria staff cuts the pizza into eight slices and serves them in the usual cafeteria line. with no cooking duties, the staff can be reduced by half, for a fixed cost of $75 per day. should the school cafeteria make or buy its pizzas?