Cabinet officers are responsible for
a. ensuring that neither congressional nor presidential mandates are executed.
b. running the legislative branch.
c. implementing their own agenda despite congressional or presidential initiatives to the contrary.
d. advising the president and implementing policy in a particular area.
e. decreasing the size and influence of their department or agency.
D
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A) Theodore Roosevelt B) Franklin Roosevelt C) Harry Truman D) Dwight Eisenhower E) Lyndon Johnson
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a. amending the Constitution b. reducing the salary of judges c. set the jurisdiction of the courts d. create lower courts
Explain executive orders, detailing their sources and powers, and contrast this idea with that of signing statements.
What will be an ideal response?
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a. prevent the spread of communism b. remove the Taliban government c. protect religious freedom d. retaliate for the bombing of the USS Cole