State of the Union
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- T or F - The constitutional mandate for the "State of the Union" address is found in Article 2, Section 3
- True
- T or F - The state of the union address is delivered only to members of the House of Representatives
- False
- T or F - President John Adams delivered the 1st State of the Union, then called "the Annual Message"
- False
- T or F - The first "Annual Message" broadcast on radio was by President Herbert Hoover
- False
- T or F - The first televised address occured in 1947 during the Truman administration
- True
- The State of the Union address, when delivered before Congress, is delivered in the larger chamber of the Capitol.....the House chamber
- True
- T or F - Recognized invited guests are seated in the lower rows of the gallery, now affectionately referred to as "Sputnik row"
- True
- T or F - Since the 1980s a member of the cabinet has been kept away from the ceremony to protect the line of Presidential succession in the event of a catastrophe
- True
- T or F - The two official seated behind the President during the speech are Senate and House majority leaders
- False
- T or f - Also present at state of the union address are top military officers of each branch of the Armed Forces and are known as the "joint Chiefs of staff"
- True
- T or f - In the state of the union address the President discusses the condition of the country and introduces his legislative agenda for the coming year
- True
- T or f - According to Pres. Bush , the state of the union "...is confident and strong"
- True
- T or F - Certain provisions of the Patriot Act are set to expire next year and the President asks Congress to renew the Patriot Act
- True
- T or F - The pres. cites the countries of Great Britain, Australia, and Poland as those providing combat forces to help end the rule of Saddam Hussein
- True
- T or F - During the address the pres. welcomed the current pres. of the Iraqi Governin Council, Moammar Gadhafi
- False
- T or F - In the address Bush said America was insisting that North Korea eliminate its nuclear program, but Iran would be permitted to develop nuclear weapons, for its defense and national security only
- False
- T or F - The pres. is proposing cutting in half the budget for the National Endowment for democracy because of the additional money needed for Iraq
- False
- T or F - In the area of education the pres. proposes a series of measures called Jobs for the 21st Century, larger Pell grants for some students, and an increase in support for community colleges to train workers
- True
- T or F - The pres. told Congress that the tax reductions passed by themw ere sufficient and should not be made permanent
- False
- T or f - The pres. suggests letting younger workers save part of their social security taxes in personal retirement accounts
- True
- T or f - In the address reform of our immigration laws is suggested by proposing a new temporary worker program
- True
- T or F - Under health care the pres. urged Congress to eliminate wateful and frivolous lawsuits
- True
- T or F - Also the pres. proposes that absolutely no money be appropriated for schools to do drug testing
- False
- T or f - In the speech the Pres. suggests that to defend the sanctity of marriage the only alternatve may be the constitutional process
- True
- T or F - Bush proposes a 4 year 300 million dollar Prisoner Re-entry initiative to help newly released prisoners
- True
- House Minority Leader
- Nancy Pelosi
- Senate Minority Leader
- Tom Daschle
- House majority leader
- Tom Delay
- Senate Majority Leader
- Bill Frist
- speaker of the House
- Dennis Hastert
- In the presidential process "Super tuesday" is the first Tuesday of
- March
- Head of National Security Council
- Condoleeza Rice
- Head of the Education Department
- Rod Paige
- Attorney General
- John Ashcroft
- Head of Defense Department
- Donald Rumsfeld
- "Joint Chiefs"
- Richard Myers
- The pres. recently appeared on this Sunday morning news' interview program
- NBC - meet the press
- Pres. Bush has appointed an independent commission to conduct a wide-ranging review of U.S. intelligence operations. The two leaders of this commission will be these two former public officials.
- Robb and Silberman
- This former Chief U.S. Arms Inspector recently created controversy when discussing intelligence reports on Iraq
- Davis Kay
- This state's highest court declared that gays were entitled to marriage
- Massachusetts
- These two democratic candidates claim they can win the Presidency bc they are from southern states
- Edward and Clark
- Former candidate Rep. richard Gephardt of Missouri has now formallly endorsed
- Kerry
- The president's proposed budget for fiscal year 2005 would cost
- 2.4 trillion
- Senate office buildings were closed briefly to try and find the source of "ricin" found in the mailroom of this Senator
- Frist