gov review quiz 5
Approximately ________ people work for the various agencies within the Executive Office of the President.
1,500 to 2,000
Approximately ________ percent of the nation's employed workforce is an employee of a state or local government.
14
At its peak in ________, the federal bureaucracy had ________ million employees, not including military personnel.
1968; 3
By the 1980s, the average length of time it took to develop and implement an administrative rule was approximately
35 months.
Approximately ________ percent of the ________ bills introduced in a typical congressional session die in committee.
85; 10,000
Approximately ________ percent of members of Congress have university degrees.
90
After the Civil War, why was it considered inappropriate for President Andrew Johnson to make a series of speeches seeking public support for his policies?
During the nineteenth century, it was perceived to be undignified for a president to campaign on his own behalf.
After more than four decades, President ________ restored the American diplomatic ties with Cuba that were severed by President ________.
Obama; Eisenhower
stalling tactic used in the U.S. Senate to delay debate on a bill.
Speaker of the House
A bill's supporters in the House of Representatives generally prefer ________, while opponents generally prefer a(n) ________.
a closed rule; open rule
Cabinet members must
be approved by the Senate but are not responsible to the Senate or to Congress at large.
A member of the House of Representatives who helps a constituent apply for Social Security benefits is engaging in
casework.
By 2000, the National Performance Review had succeeded in ________ the federal workforce by approximately ________ jobs.
cutting; 425,000
ARPANET was a(n)
decentralized, highly redundant communications network created by the federal government in the 1950s and 1960s.
A member of Congress who votes for a bill with which he or she disagrees because a majority of his or her constituents favor it is acting as a
delegate.
All executive agreements differ from formal treaties in that they
do not have to be approved by the Senate.
An emergency declaration relating to foreign threats allows the president to
embargo trade, seize foreign assets, and prohibit transactions with whatever foreign nations are involved.
A closed or an open rule refers to congressional provisions regarding
floor debate on a bill.
A presidential emergency declaration remains in force
for only one year unless it is renewed by the president.
Between 1995 and 2006, the number of congressional earmarks
increased by a factor of 10.
A senator or representative running for re-election is called the
incumbent.
An independent agency is an executive branch organization that
is not part of a cabinet-level department.
A senator who agrees to vote for a tax-cut bill with which he or she disagrees in order to receive another senator's vote on a climate change bill that he or she has proposed is engaged in
logrolling.
A ________ veto occurs when Congress adjourns during a 10-day period after presenting the president with a bill and he or she takes no action.
A pocket veto is a
presidential veto that is automatically triggered if the president does not act on a given piece of legislation passed during the final 10 days of a legislative session.
A filibuster allows members of the Senate to
prevent a vote on a bill by speaking continuously on the floor.
A bill proposed in Congress that grants citizenship to a specifically named individual from a foreign country would be an example of a(n)
private bill.
A ________ specifies general rules and categories of behavior, people, and institutions, while a ________ bill grants a relief, special privilege, or exemption to a particular individual.
public bill; private
Civil servants were given legal protection against being fired without a show of cause in order to
safeguard the bureaucracy from political interference while upgrading performance.
An executive-congressional agreement is a contract between two countries that can be approved with a
simple majority vote in both houses.
A sole executive agreement is a
simple understanding between the president and a foreign state that is not submitted to Congress for approval.
A U.S. senator has a ________-year term.
six
An iron triangle is the
stable relationship between a bureaucratic agency, a clientele group, and a legislative committee.
A legislative "hold" is a
stalling tactic used in the U.S. Senate to delay debate on a bill.
A number of states have responded to concerns about partisan gerrymandering by
taking redistricting power away from their state legislature and giving it to independent commissions.
A signing statement is an announcement
the president makes about his or her interpretation of a congressional enactment he or she is signing into law.
A major risk of the delegate model of representation is that
the voices of only a few active and informed constituents will be heard because most people do not pay close attention to every issue.
Before the Civil Service Act of 1883, government appointments were made
to political supporters as part of a spoils system.
A member of Congress who feels only loosely constrained by the policy preferences of his or her constituents and empowered to make the decisions he or she thinks best is acting as a
trustee
A congressional caucus is a(n)
unofficial group of representatives or senators sharing similar interests or opinions.