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Presidents, even with great majorities of their own party in Congress, experience difficulty in exercising legislative leadership because

the president is unable to control Congress, unlike a prime minister

The Continuing Appropriations Act, 2014 (which ended the 16-day 2013 government shutdown) illustrates that

a divided government can produce legislation

The number of electoral votes a state is allotted is determined by

the number of congressional members it has

All of the following are powers that only the president is constitutionally entitled to exercise EXCEPT

appointing ambassadors

Many people say that the greatest source of presidential power lies in the realm of

politics and public opinion

Of the following, the group in closest physical and political proximity to the president is the

white house staff

The principal function of the White House staff is to

oversee the political and policy interests of the president

Veto power and executive privilege give a president both a way of blocking action and a

means of forcing congress to bargain

When President Reagan was governor of California, he could veto portions of a bill that were irrelevant to the subject of the bill. He was exercising what is called

a line item veto

From the time of winning office to the time of leaving it, the popularity of most recent presidents has

decreased except at election time

The definition of "bureaucracy" includes all of the following elements EXCEPT

an issue network

A constitutional limitation on the federal bureaucracy's ability to regulate the economy is that

only Congress has the constitutional authority to regulate commerce

A person appointed to a government position after passing an examination is probably joining the

competitive/civil service

If you worked in a senior position on a successful presidential campaign and the new president then wished to have your advice while in office, you would most likely be appointed to

a Schedule C/political position

Which of the following statements about the firing of federal employees is true?

Most bureaucrats cannot be fired

Bureaucrats' own values and beliefs are most likely to have the LEAST influence on their work when their duties are

highly structured

Congressional oversight of the bureaucracy involves all of the following EXCEPT

bills of attainder

Presidents have had the most success in changing the direction of decisions by the federal judiciary by

using the appointment process to select judges with judicial philosophies similar to those of the President

All of the following have contributed to an increase in presidential power in the post-1945 era EXCEPT

legislation granting the President the power to impound funds appropriated by Congress

Cabinet members often do not have a dominant influence on presidential decision-making because

Presidential goals often conflict with the institutional goals of individual Cabinet-level agencies

In selecting members of the White House staff, presidents primarily seek people who

are personally loyal to the president

In trying to influence legislation, the president is generally more successful than congressional leaders in

using the media to set the policy agenda

Which of the following is true of an executive agreement made between a United States president and another head of state?

It does not require Senate approval but may require congressional allocation of funds for implementation

All of the following help to explain the president's difficulty in controlling Cabinet-level agencies EXCEPT

the president can only fire appointees before they have been confirmed by the Senate

All of the following are formal or informal sources of presidential power EXCEPT

presidential authority to raise revenue

A president may persuade obstinate members of Congress to vote for a particular bill by

making a direct appeal to the public through the mass media

The president's veto power is accurately described by which of the following statements?

A president sometimes threatens to veto a bill that is under discussion in order to influence congressional decision-making, Congress is usually unable to override a president's veto

The usefulness to the president of having Cabinet members as political advisors is undermined by the fact that

the loyalties of Cabinet members are often divided between the president and their own executive departments

Which of the following form an "iron triangle"?

executive department, congressional committee, interest group

A fundamental source of power for the federal bureaucracy lies in its

ability to set specific guidelines after receiving a general mandate from Congress

The Office of Management and Budget has the primary responsibility for doing which of the following?

preparing the budget

the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) was designed primarily to give:

citizens access to information from the executive branch

Which of the following is the MOST true of government corporations?

They tend to be more free from presidential control than are cabinet departments

An advantage that bureaucrats in federal government have over the president in the policymaking process is that bureaucrats

usually have a continuity of service in the executive branch that the president lacks

in general, independent regulatory commissions are created primarily for the purpose of

regulating certain industries to protect the public interest

Cabinet departments DIFFER from independent regulatory agencies in which of the following ways?

The president can dismiss Cabinet officers but not commissioners of independent regulatory agencies

Congress has exerted the greatest influence on the operation of a federal agency by doing which of the following?

dismissing the agency head who disagrees with congressional priorities

Which of the following BEST describes the federal budget?

A document that announces how much the government expects to collect in taxes and other revenue and how expenditures will be allocated on various programs

A significant criticism of the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 is that

there is nothing in the federal budget process that requires Congress to tighten the government's financial belt

Programs such as Social Security would be controllable if Congress

were willing to reduce benefits promised to individuals

Over the past 20 years, which of the following areas has shown the greatest increase in budgetary spending?

spending on entitlement programs

All of the following are attempts at lowering the nation's deficit EXCEPT

eliminate the cabinet departments to combine their functions with existing agencies

Politicians have a strong tendency to get re-elected by

spending money on specific, popular programs that benefit their constituents

Why did Social Security meet popular demands and fit within the framework of American beliefs about social welfare?

Because it was viewed as an insurance program that would be available to all Americans who contributed, regardless of income level or socioeconomic status

All of the following solutions have been proposed to make sure there is enough Social Security when future generations retire EXCEPT

End the program entirely by the year 2040

Congress believes the War Powers Act checks the president's power by

requiring troops to be withdrawn in 60 days unless Congress declares war or issues an extension

The federal government receives most of its revenues from

personal income taxes

Presidents attempt to influence policymaking in all of the following ways EXCEPT by

introducing legislation in congressional committees

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