AP Unit 2 Interactions between Branches

Usually have a continuity of service in the executive branch that the President lacks...

• Campaign mangagers

• Lobbyists

• Poll workers

• Bureaucrats

The Constitution states that all ___________ must originate in the United States House of Representatives

• Joint resolutions

• Revenue bills

• Private bills

• Public bulls

Which of the following scenarios best illustrates the process of bureaucratic rule making?

• The Senate Committee on Veterans’ Affairs considers the credentials of a person nominated to serve as Under Secretary of Veterans Affairs for Benefits.

• The Department of Veterans Affairs rewrites its regulations regarding compensation and pensions into plain language that is easier for beneficiaries to understand.

• The president signs Executive Order 13777 intended to “lower regulatory burdens on the American people by implementing and enforcing regulatory reform.”

• The Supreme Court denies a writ of certiorari in Freddie H. Mathis v David J. Shulkin, Secretary of Veterans Affairs, which focused on veterans’ disability claims.

Which concept is being referred to? The establishment of two legislative chambers that have different structures and rules.

• Veto power

• Term limits

• Checks that Congress has

• Bicameralism

The boundary lines of congressional districts are drawn by state legislatures. This process is known as what?

• Sectioning

• Electing

• Redistricting

• Establishing

Cabinet secretaries might not aggressively pursue the president’s policy agenda. True or false?

• True

• False

The voters can oust federal judges in national elections. True or false?

• True

• False

The president’s role as commander in chief of the armed forces is explicitly authorized in the Constitution. The signing of executive agreements with foreign nations is not included in the Constitution. What is the best explanation for this distinction?

• Formal and Informal Powers

• Allowed and not allowed Powers

• Important and Unimportant Powers

• Presidential and Non-presidential Powers

Congressional legislative powers include which of the following?

• legislating federal appropriations

• approval of treaties

• establishing a lower-court system

• passing federal laws

• All of the above

Congress has the constitutional power to control the size of what?

• the Supreme Court

• Congress

• the House

• the Senate