Legislative and Executive Branch Practice Flashcard

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Which statement best explains the oversight function of congressional committees? Options: It protects the President from overreach by the Senate and the House. It is one of the checks the legislative branch holds over the executive branch. It prevents members of the majority party from steamrolling members of the minority party. It ensures that the judicial branch interprets laws as the members of Congress intended.

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It is one of the checks the legislative branch holds over the executive branch.

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This political cartoon from the past probably comments on problems caused by

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gerrymandering.

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This graph compares the number of congressional members from the first Congress to 2012. Which statement is most likely supported by the graph? The number of senators rose from 1900 to 2012 as several States were added to the Union. The number of representatives rose from the First Congress to 1800 as a result of the passing of the Reapportionment Act. The number of senators rose from 1850 to 1900 because of the number of immigrants who came to the United States. The number of representatives rose from 1850 to 1900 as a result of the passage of the Seventeenth Amendment.

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The number of senators rose from 1900 to 2012 as several States were added to the Union.

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How does the commerce power differ from the currency power?

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The commerce power relates to trade, both interstate and international, while the currency power relates to providing a stable monetary system.

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This section of the Constitution relates to: the implied powers of the executive branch, the expressed powers of the executive branch, the implied powers of the legislative branch, the expressed powers of the legislative branch.

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the expressed powers of the legislative branch.

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The Constitution provides the President with the power for foreign policy because

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the fifty States are not sovereign and, therefore, have no standing in international law.

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What expressed power did the Supreme Court cite when it upheld the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act?

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Tax Power

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This political cartoon shows President George Bush about to give a State of the Union address as Speaker of House Nancy Pelosi sits behind him. What is the cartoon’s main message?

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Congress often tries to undermine the President’s message in a State of the Union address.

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What is one way the Speaker of the House differs from the president of the Senate?

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The Speaker of the House is voted into the position by colleagues, while the Vice President of the United States serves as president of the Senate.

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What happens after the 6th step in the process of a bill becoming a law?

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The subcommittee in the other chamber now begins to process the bill.