Describe the influence a president can have beyond those powers explicitly mentioned in the Constitution
What will be an ideal response?
An ideal response will:
1, Describe how the president is the leader of his or her party and can build alliances with Congress to pass his or her legislative agenda.
2, Discuss the importance of the president's power of persuasion with Congress and the public in reaching his or her policy goals.
3, Detail the idea of a president "going public" to gain support from the people in order to influence Congress.
4, Note the ability of the president to wage war without an explicit declaration of war from Congress.
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Californians can propose initiative ______ that establish new laws, or initiative ______ which add or amend the state constitution.
What will be an ideal response?
The association between two variables is best indexed by the
A) Standard deviation. B) Variance. C) Sum of squares. D) Correlation coefficient.
Special districts are "stealth" governments because they a. are largely invisible and unaccountable. b. provide little known services
c. hold closed-door meetings. d. avoid media attention.
Which of the following statements about Japan's workers is INCORRECT?
a. Although Japan's unemployment rate is fairly low, its rate of relative poverty has increased considerably because of the increase of nonregular workers. b. Nonregular workers comprise about 30% of the Japanese workforce c. Women tend to be nonregular workers more than men. d. The increase of nonregular workers is chiefly a result of Japanese firms cutting costs. e. The increase of nonregular workers has created a tension between them and regular employees in part because non-regular workers get few, if any, benefits.