Government 2305-54321

When the House and the Senate coordinate two versions of the same bill, they will often use a ______ to obtain a single unified bill.

B. Conference committee

When the federal government passes authority to administer a program down to state or local governments, it is called

B. Devolution

The four joint committees in Congress are

B. Economic, taxation, library, and printing

The first lady is an important resource for the president in his capacity as

B. Head of state

A senator or representative running for re-election is called the

B. Incumbent

Why is the president's State of the Union address important?

B. It is an opportunity for the president to set the legislative agenda by initiating proposals and directing public attention to the executive's goals

Which president was most concerned with managing and reorganizing the executive bureaucracy?

B. JimmyCarter

16. The president's expressed powers include all of the following except

B. Partisan

A "certiorari pool" describes the

B. Practice by which Supreme Court law clerks work together to evaluate each petition

Congressional organization is influenced by all of the following except

B. Presidential directives

The determination of the time and structure of floor debate on a bill, in the House of Representatives, is up to the

B. Rules Committee

Which idea of representation says that a legislator should be viewed as someone whom voters hire to represent their interests?

B. Sociological representation

Which of the following is a government corporation?

B. The U. S. Postal Service

Original jurisdiction refers to

B. The court with the authority to hear a case first

The need to divide the labor of legislation is best exemplified in what formal structure of Congress?

B. The establishment of standing committees

Which of the following has caused an increase in the president's delegated powers?

B. The increasing scope and complexity of legislation

Cloture is

B. The process by which three-fifths of the Senate can end a filibuster

What is the primary constitutional task of the vice president, besides succeeding the president in case of death, resignation, or incapacitation?

B. To cast tie-breaking votes in the Senate

Three factors related to the American electoral system affect who is elected to office in this country and what they do once they get there. Those factors are

C. Incumbency, franking, and party affiliation

The goal of the War Powers Resolution was to

C. Limit the power of the president to commit American troops to military action without authorization from Congress

When two members of Congress who share no common interests agree to support each other's bills, the practice is called

C. Logrolling

Which of the following is not a service often provided by representative to their constituent?

C. Offering constituents legal advice regarding new administrative laws

The party that brings a complaint in court is called the ______, and the one against whom the complaint is brought is called the ______.

C. Plaintiff; defendant

Which of the following is not a federal department entrusted with providing national security?

C. Police

Executive privilege refers to

C. The claim that confidential communications between a president and close advisers should not be revealed without the consent of the president

Who is the Speaker of the House?

C. The elected leader of the majority party in the House is the Speaker

A single lawsuit involving thousands of smokers suing a tobacco company would be a good example of

A. A class-action suit

An executive order is

A. A rule or regulation issued unilaterally by the president, with the status of a law

A signing statement is a(n)

A. Announcement the president makes about his interpretation of a congressional enactment he is signing into law

Which of the following statements about the merit system is not true?

A. Every member and official of a government agency has been appointed as part of the merit system

If someone is an advocate of judicial restraint, he or she believes

A. In looking only at the words of the Constitution in order to understand its meaning

According to the text, what are the three most common ways for a president to expand his base of power?

A. Party support, popular mobilization, and administrative control

When the White House directs administrative agencies to promulgate specific rule and regulations, this is called

A. Regulatory review

The House Ways and Means Committee has jurisdiction over which of the following areas?

A. Taxes, trade, and entitlement programs

Who has authority to set interest rates and lending activities for the nation's banks?

A. The Federal Reserve System

A writ of habeas corpus declared that

A. The government must show a legal cause for holding someone in detention

Which of the following is the best description of an iron triangle?

A. The stable relationship between a bureaucratic agency, a clientele group, and a legislative committee

Which statement is the definition of privatization?

B. A way to reduce government costs by relocating government programs to private groups or corporations

When a case is resolved through a negotiated agreement before a full trail is completed, it is called

B. A plea bargain

A person, agency, or interest group not directly a party to a case but with an interest in its outcome may file a(n) ______ brief.

C. Amicus curiae

The president has the power to appoint which of the following positions?

C. Cabinet secretaries

What is the significance of dissenting opinions?

C. Dissents are signs that the Court is in disagreement on an issue and could change its ruling

Executive agreements differ from formal treaties in that they

C. Do not have to be approved by the Senate

The right of due process is best describe as the right of

C. Every person not to be treated arbitrarily by a government official or agency

Why is the Supreme Court case of Marbury v. Madison important?

C. In this case, the Court authorized itself to exercise judicial review over laws passed by Congress

The process of allocating congressional seats among the fifty states is called

D. Apportionment

All of the following are part of the official jurisdiction of the federal courts except

D. Cases involving citizens from the same state

The attempt of bureaucracies to translate laws into specific rules and actions is called

D. Implementation

Which of the following is the best definition of a constituent?

D. It is a person who lives in the district represented by a member of the legislature

Public bureaucracies are powerful because

D. Legislatures, chief executives, and the people delegate vast power to them to make sure a particular job is done

The power of the Supreme Court to review state actions and legislation comes from

D. Marbury v. Madison

Which of the following is not a key strategy used to promote bureaucratic reform?

D. Regulation

The Office of Management and Budget and the Council of Economic Advisers are both parts of

D. The Executive Office of the President

A significant initiative set forth by Lyndon Johnson was

D. The Great Society

Cases between two or more states are originally heard by

D. The Supreme Court

As a means of managing the gigantic executive branch, presidents have increasingly come to rely upon the

D. White House staff

Which of the following is not a major role of bureaucracies?

E. Passing laws