Democrats dubbed the Republican-dominated Fifty-first Congress the "Billion Dollar Congress" because it spent the nation's surplus on
A) large subsidies for farmers.
B) lawmakers' own constituents.
C) compensation for the revenue foreign nations lost because of the tariff.
D) programs to promote big business.
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