Describe the legislative branch of France
What will be an ideal response?
France has a bicameral legislature. The bicameral legislature is composed of the directly elected lower house, the National Assembly, and the indirectly elected upper house, the Sénat. Like presidents, National Assembly members serve five-year terms although the president has the power to dissolve the body and call for early elections. The electoral institutions for other French representative bodies—such as the upper house of parliament, as well as regional, district, and local governments—differ substantially from the system for the presidential and National Assembly elections. Most of the nearly 350 members of the Sénat, for example, are indirectly elected—primarily by local elected authorities—for six-year terms, with one half elected every three years.
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A system of taxation in which higher-income groups pay a larger percentage of their incomes in taxes than do lower-income groups is called __________
a. flat taxation b. means-tested taxation c. progressive taxation d. proportional taxation
In the United States, programs such as the interstate highway system and services to the unemployed are MOST accurately considered
A. state functions that operate without any involvement on the part of the federal government. B. federal functions, although state governments pay some of the costs. C. state functions that are designated under the Tenth Amendment. D. federal functions that operate without any involvement on the part of state governments. E. state functions, although the federal government seeks to regulate them.
Which of the following is true concerning the relationship between foreign policy and defense policy?
A) Foreign policy and defense policy are intimately linked. B) Ideally, foreign policy establishes the broad outlines within which the defense establishment must work. C) The president must see that the generals serve the president's foreign policy goals rather than the other way around. D) All of the above. E) None of the above.
Which of the following is not a component of the military–industrial complex?
a. The Pentagon lobbies Congress to increase the defense budget. b. Defense contractors lobby congressional committees for contracts. c. The president lobbies Congress to expand the executive branch’s war powers. d. Congressional representatives are incentivized by economic and political gains to support industries in their home districts.