The Framers of the Constitution carved out a major role for the President in domestic legislation in part by enabling the executive to check congressional action through which of the following?
A. the privileges and immunities clause
B. the right of the President to introduce legislation into the House and have it automatically advance to the front of the agenda
C. the right of the President to end a Senate filibuster by declaration
D. the presidential veto
Answer: D
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The siding of the Supreme Court with agencies such as the Department of Defense and the US International Trade Commission in cases specifically related to their areas of competence is good example of the __________
A)political question doctrine B)principle of standing C)principle of administrative deference D) "zone of twilight"
Established by President Hoover, It is the _______________ job to keep the press informed and orchestrate press conferences
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
How did Americans' attitudes about the role of government change as a result of the Great Depression and Roosevelt's New Deal?
a. People became more accepting of the federal government's role in economic policy. b. People became more cynical about the federal government's role in economic policy. c. People became more cynical about the federal government's role in social policy. d. People became more confident in the ability of state governments to handle economic policy.
Interest group liberalism is associated with which of the following criticisms?
A) In an effort to please and appease every interest, agencies proliferate, conflicting regulations expand, programs multiply, and the budgets skyrocket. B) Real power is held by relatively few people, key groups, and institutions that get nearly all they want from government. C) Interest groups win some and lose some, but no group wins or loses all the time, and democratic government is well served by their competition. D) The framers of the Constitution intended that groups serve to bargain for various interests in American society, and this has proven a wise and relatively fair, open system. E) The interest group system is dominated by liberal interest groups who have been successfully pushing an agenda that has made it hard for the police to fight crime, contributed to declining moral values and bankrupted the government with giveaways to welfare freeloaders.