GOVT 2305 Quiz: Chapter 7
President Grover Cleveland noted which of the following about presidential appointments
"I make one integrate and ten enemies."
In 1937, the President's Committee on Administrative Management, also known as the Brownlow Committee, concluded its detailed analysis of the state of the presidency with which of the following
"The President needs help."
What is the trick to creating an energetic presidency
Avoiding ambitious individuals who would use the temporary advantages conveyed by national crisis to permanently alter the constitutional order
Congress's authority to declare war is, in most respects, a hollow check, for which of the following reasons
Because presidents can order an extended military engagement without a declaration of war
At least in part because of cable television, from 1965 to 2015 the percentage of households that watch the State of the Union address has done which of the following
Decreased from about 55 percent to roughly 30 percent
From the time of Franklin Roosevelt onward, generally speaking, which of the following is true about presidential travel
Each president has spent more days on both foreign and domestic political travels
Which of the following statements about presidential management is accurate
Even with the chief of staff system modern presidents use, every recent president has experienced serious staffing problems that have erupted into public controversy, if not scandal
Which of the following statements about executive orders is accurate
Executive orders are not laws because they are confined by the scope of discretion delegated to the President
What is the name of the strategy presidents use to promote their policies by engaging in intensive public relations to induce cooperation from other elected officeholders
Going public
When George H. W. Bush was President, during his first three years in office, he delivered a minor address on average once every three days, and when Bill Clinton became President, during his first three years in office he did which of the following
He delivered a minor address almost every other day
Which of the following statements about the President's veto is accurate
It allows presidents a clear, self-enforcing means of asserting their preferences
Compared with its nineteenth-century counterpart, which of the following is true about the modern cabinet
It has lost much of its luster as offices with real political clout
How does Article II define executive power
It is long on generalities and short on details but embodies limits on presidential discretion and does not enumerate broad administrative tools
Why has central clearance strengthened the President's hand in national policy
It prevents agency officials from casually expropriating the President's endorsement for their legislative initiatives
Which of the following is true about the line item veto
It was struck down by the Supreme Court as violating the Constitution's separation of powers doctrine
While helping presidents compete successfully with opposition-controlled Congresses, the development of cable television and other mass communications technology has also done which of the following
Nevertheless eroded the President's capacity to enlist television to go public
The two critical elements of the Executive Office of the Presidency are the
Office of Management and Budget and the White House Office
Which of the following is true about the lawmaking powers that Congress shares with the President
Power is shared by delegating to the President and the appointed executive branch the discretion to decide how best to implement and adjust policy to achieve its objectives
Examining the President's role as commander in chief reveals which of the following
Presidents often commit troops and engage hostilities and then go to Congress for authority to continue
The relationship between nineteenth-century presidents and their cabinets was based on which of the following
Reciprocity
It was fitting that a separate presidential staff would arise during Roosevelt's presidency because
Roosevelt persuaded Congress to create many relief agencies outside of the bureaucracy so this increased management responsibilities for the President
Whether a president succeeds in converting the clerkship of the office into real leadership has less to do with the authority of the modern office than with which of the following
The President's political skill
In Presidential Power and the Modern Presidents, Richard Neustadt argues in part that despite sharp expansion of statutory authority and the dramatic growth in the institutional resources, which of the following is true
The demands of the office continue to exceed the resources available to meet those demands
The President's role in nineteenth-century politics was which of the following
The focus was during presidential election years as presidents pulled the party train but receded into the background during midterm election years
Which of the following statements about presidential power is accurate
The president has enough resources for coordinating national responses during emergencies, but insufficient authority to usurp the Constitution
The most important constitutional limitation on the President's leadership in foreign affairs is which of the following
The requirement that a two-thirds majority of the Senate ratify treaties
The Constitution gives presidents a modest role in the legislative arena including which of the following
The veto and the ability to call Congress into special session
Who was the first president to take an expansive view of presidential powers under the "take care" clause
Theodore Roosevelt
How does divided government affect the normal state of affairs in Washington
There is a zero-sum game as each side profits from the other side's failures
What is the fundamental dilemma that all U.S. presidents face
They have too little authority to satisfy the expectations for their performance
Which of the following statements about the President's role in the legislative process is correct
They start with their party allies, but while shared electoral fates provide incentives for cooperation, they will not bow to the President's wishes
President Eisenhower's 1959 "goodwill tour" around the world is generally recognized as the first international presidential travel that did which of the following
Was taken primarily for the purpose of garnering favorable publicity
It is possible to view the institutional presidency as
a presidential branch of the government separate and apart from the executive branch that attempts to coordinate the executive and legislative branches in its own behalf
Most executive orders
arise from the authority and responsibilities explicitly delegated to the President by law
Today, appearing on prime time television is the most dramatic way of going public
but presidents rely on it sparingly so they won't lose the public's attention
The President's leadership of public opinion
depends on the public's appraisal of him as president, and appeals from unpopular presidents are likely to be ignored
Presidents can sidestep treaty rejections through
executive agreements which are exempt from Senate ratification
The initial period of presidential goodwill
has gotten shorter because of partisan polarization as opponents quickly swing to disapproval so presidents often speak to audiences of like-minded partisans
President Obama's executive orders
have created political tension because he has addressed controversial issues such as immigration and the implementation of the Affordable Care Act
The Brownlow Report
ignored the fact that the Constitution withholds the kind of authority from the President that CEOs typically enjoy, and Congress initially rebuffed the proposal and only relented to a scaled-down proposal
The White House Office
is larger and more complex because of the expanded responsibilities of presidents and the centralization of tasks that used to be performed in agencies and departments
The Office of Management and Budget
is staffed by accountants, economists, and tax lawyers
Veto threats
must be credible, explicit, and public to be effective
Modern presidents deal with an opposition Congress by using vetoes and threats but also by
pulling decisions into the White House through executive orders, centralized administration, and broad assertions of executive privilege
Delegation to the President
rarely produces the outcome Congress intends since the President leads a separate branch of government largely insulated from congressional control
The constitutional foundations of the veto
represent a carefully tailored authority to check legislative abuses while denying the executive unilateral authority
The modern presidency
represents a cumulative product of the changing place of Washington in national and international affairs
The President's budget
sets the spending priorities of the government, provides valuable technical and political information to Congress, and represents an opening bid in negotiations
Modern presidential leadership in the policymaking process is distinguished by
sponsorship and promotion of major policies and the central role of the President in administration ensures them a major role in the legislative process
Signing statements are
statements presidents sometimes issue when signing a bill that they will not enforce or implement certain provisions of a bill
The President is commander in chief of the nation's armed forces because
the Constitution declares it
Franklin Roosevelt required all department communications to Congress that could affect future budgets be cleared through the Bureau of the Budget, the predecessor to
the Office of Management and Budget
The institutionalized presidency describes
the set of offices and staff created to assist the President
Opposition-controlled congresses write longer laws on average because they
try to anticipate efforts by an unsympathetic administration to suborn or redirect policy