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- President Bush campaigns in Texas to help Governor Perry get reelected.
- Political Party Leader
- One of the duties of the Vice President is to
- preside over the Senate
- A major complaint about issue networks is
- they allow an unfair advantage to certain wealthy groups wanting a specific policy enforced a specific way
- When a President appoints the members of his/her Cabinet, he/she exercises the role of
- Chief Executive
- Texas energy baron Ken Lay decides it may be economically smart to research new areas of energy, but he cannot do it alone.
- Department of Energy
- Which of the following people meet the constitutional requirement for being President?
- a female carpenter, 50 years old, who was born in New York
- Mr. White Collar commutes daily from West Plano to Dallas. He is tired of fighting the Tollway and wishes the DART Railway would expand to the west side; however, he knows additional funding would be needed for this project.
- Department of Transportation
- Which department is responsible for the overall foreign policy of the United States?
- Department of State
- President Clinton appointed Ruth Bader Ginsburg to the Supreme Court
- Chief Executive
- This address is given by the President to Congress once a year.
- State of the Union Address
- President Bush appoints Colin Powell as Secretary of State.
- Chief Executive
- President Ford sends an ambassador to the Middle East
- Chief Diplomat
- President Johnson gives the State of the Union address and proposes a budget to Congress.
- Chief Legislator
- President Reagan invites the winner of the NCAA basketball tournament to a reception at the White House.
- Chief of State
- Which of the following is NOT true of the President's Cabinet?
- They can veto a president's decision
- Boney Klide is caught by the FBI after robbing the Plano National Bank
- Department of Justice
- S.P.O'nage is working on a top-secret military project. He is kept under close surveillance and mush report his progress regularly.
- Department of Defense
- As the Commander in Chief, the president may
- determine military strategy and send the armed forces into action
- President Bush signs the No Child Left Behind Act into law.
- Chief Legislator
- The close relationship between lobbyists, bureaucrats, and congressional committees to write and enforce legislation is referred to as
- an issue network
- This group leads the executive departments and advises the President in specific areas of concern.
- Cabinet
- Following the Vice President, the next in succession for the Presidency is the
- Speaker of the House
- Charlie Bravo is suffering from cancer that he feels was caused by his contact with Agent Orange in the jungle of Vietnam.
- Department of Veteran Affairs
- Which amendment discusses this line of succession?
- 25th Amendment
- President Bush sends troops to Iraq.
- Commander in Chief
- Imagine George W. Bush stepped down on June 1, 2006, and Dick Cheney took over the office of the presidency. Following the conclusion of this term, for how many more terms could Cheney be elected and serve as president?
- one term
- President Carter vetoes a bill passed by Congress
- Chief Legislator
- Which department helps protect public lands?
- Department of the Interior
- Executive privilege
- may be limited if the testimony wanted by Congress does not threaten national security
- The qualifications and responsibilities of the President are listed in which article of the Constitution?
- Article II