Which event most clearly illustrates a legislative constraint on presidential power?
A) President Bush's failed attempt at privatizing Social Security
B) President Lincoln's failure to reorganize his cabinet
C) President Carter's failed attempt to rescue the American hostages in Iran
D)President Obama's failed attempt to negotiate a Middle East peace accord
A
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A member of the Senate has just been elected to a position that requires him to keep the majority leader informed about the opinions of other party members. He has just been elected
A. majority party whip. B. president pro tempore. C. chairman of the Steering Committee. D. chairman of the Policy Committee. E. chairman of the Judiciary Committee.
State governments can do all of the actions below except
a. conduct elections. b. regulate intrastate commerce. c. coin money. d. establish local governments.
Which of the following represents a weakness of dependency theory?
a. Fernando Cardoso's failure to turn around Brazil's economy after being elected president and relying heavily on dependency theory to guide his policies b. The phenomenon of "dual economies" in the Third World c. Failure to explain why some "peripheral" countries in East Asia grew faster than the United States and Europe in the 1980s and 1990s d. Attribution of the North-South divide to historical imperialism and the nature of capitalist globalization e. The inability to account for the failure of many poor countries to benefit from global economic liberalization to the extent that orthodox liberal economic theory predicted
The National Association of Retired Beekeepers keeps a lobbyist on its payroll. He is called a(n) ________________ lobbyist
a. contract b. direct c. in-house d. public interest e. union