The War Powers Act ________
a. limits the influence Congress can have in going to war
b. limits the time a President can use troops in hostile situations to 90 days
without congressional approval
c. strengthened the power of the president relative to congress
d. has not been easily circumvented
e. limits the time a President can use troops in hostile situations to six months
B
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A.the power to oversee financial grants B.the supervision of the state bureaucracy C.the power to call a special session of the legislature D.the power to appoint individuals to fill vacancies
What was the Sharpstown scandal?
A) An election scandal involving intimidation by the police B) A sex scandal involving the lieutenant governor C) A fistfight that broke out on the Senate floor involving moderate and conservative Republicans D) A tax scandal involving the Speaker's failure to pay taxes on rental income for a property he owned in the Bahamas E) An ethics scandal involving the use of taxpayer funds for electoral purposes
Each federal district has a U.S. attorney appointed by the ____ and confirmed by the ____.
a. U.S. attorney general/Senate b. president/ U.S. attorney general c. House of Representatives/ Senate d. president/Senate
NIMBY usually applies to which of the following policy areas?
a. health care for the poor b. health care for the elderly c. health care for children d. theenvironment