The President’s budget

a. sets the basic framework for spending and taxing in the United States.
b. is advisory, but Congress is required to vote on the President’s budget so the voters have a clear choice of competing policy priorities.
c. sets the spending priorities of the government and represents an opening bid in negotiations.
d. has largely been dismantled as executive departments communicate directly with the Appropriations Committees to reduce political influences.


c. sets the spending priorities of the government and represents an opening bid in negotiations.

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If the police search a suspect's home

A. the police must first have obtained a warrant. B. the police may submit illegally obtained evidence at trial if they can prove they would have obtained the evidence legally anyway. C. the police must have demonstrated probable cause to a judge. D. the police must first have obtained a warrant and the police must have demonstrated probable cause to a judge. E. All of these choices are true.

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Which of the following is NOT one of the requirements to become the President of the United States?

a. Lived in the United States at least 14 years prior to taking office. b. Natural-born U.S. Citizen. c. Previously served in the Senate or House of Representatives. d. Over 35 years old.

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Public administration is conducted in an environment of popular discontent, reflecting the factions and policy differences present in society itself

Indicate whether the statement is true or false.

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American exceptionalism is the idea that the United States

a. is fundamentally different from other nations, and that it places higher value on morality in its foreign relations. b. takes exception to forms of government that are different from its own. c. possesses an above-average military. d. is an idealistic “city on a hill” to which immigrants flock. e. enjoys greater freedoms and liberties than any other nation.

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