8. A member of the House represents a district that contains the shale oil formation in North Dakota. Which of these committee assignments should the member request from party leadership, in order to increase her chances of winning
reelection?
a. Agriculture
b. Energy and Commerce
c. Homeland Security d. Transportation and Infrastructure

b. Energy and Commerce

Explanation:

Shale oil is an unconventional oil which work as a  substitute for conventional crude oil. It is produced by converting the organic matter of rock into synthetic oil and gas.

The committee assignments should request energy and commerce as the member in order to increase her chances of winning   reelection because oil shale is a burned for energy or fuel which is further used in other industries such as transportation and other.

Primary goal of shale oil is to produce energy and commerce will help them to get benefit in exchange of oil on a large scale.

Hence, the correct option is "b. Energy and Commerce".

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3) karl marx, a believer of the principle of socialism, believed that the working class would have to free themselves from the exploitation of industrialists by establishing a radical socialist classless society where all industries and   property are owned by the state.

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