How does the appropriations process give Congress an advantage over the president in the foreign policy arena?

What will be an ideal response?


Congress has an advantage over the president in the appropriations process because all spending authorizations must come from Congress; the president has no spending power under the Constitution. Members of Congress can be as vague or detailed as it wishes in developing spending priorities. Omnibus appropriations measures specifically advantage Congress because the president must veto or sign the bill as a whole.

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Which of the following is NOT an activity of interest groups in the states?

A. lobbying at state capitols and city halls B. educating and organizing voters C. supporting political friends D. getting members of their group to run for public office E. trying to build up the membership of their organizations

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Gitlow v. New York, in which the Supreme Court held that freedom of speech and of the press are fundamental liberties protected by the Fourteenth Amendment from impairment by the states, began the development of the __________ doctrine

a. eminent domain b. free exercise c. establishment d. incorporation

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Which of the following is most closely related to the concept of implied powers?

A. supremacy clause B. commerce clause C. Tenth Amendment D. power to tax E. necessary and proper clause

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