When Congress is unable to pass a complete budget by the beginning of the fiscal year, it usually passes _____, which enable the executive agencies to keep on doing whatever they were doing the previous year with the same amount of funding
A) continuing resolutions
B) referendums
C) tax increase bills
D) nuclear option resolutions
E) outlays and obligations bills
A
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Which of the following best describes the development and implementation of EU trade policy?
a. The Council of Ministers sets a general mandate that is then administered by the Commission and carried out by the International Trade Commissioner. b. The EU Council sets the general mandate that is then administered by the Commission and carried out by the International Trade Commissioner. c. The Council of Ministers and the European Parliament jointly set a general mandate that is then administered by the Commission. d. The Council of Ministers sets a general mandate that is then administered by the Commission, carried out by the International Trade Commissioner and overseen by the European Parliament. e. The International Trade Commissioner develops, with input from the Council of Ministers, the EU trade policy that he then administers.
After its first reading in the House of Representatives, a bill is
A) debated and voted upon. B) referred to the appropriate committee. C) forwarded to the Senate for its action. D) referred to the House Rules Committee.
Which of the following presidential powers are granted by the Constitution?
A. expressed powers and statutory powers B. expressed powers C. inherent powers D. expressed powers and inherent powers E. statutory powers
Recent __________ in the United States have resulted in policymaking that could be considered the "politics of scarcity."
a. tax cuts b. pork barrel projects c. subsidies d. tax expenditures