Government Exam

Oligarchy

• Small group holds all power

• One person has all power

• The people have the power

• No government

What is the tenth Amendment?

How do you override a veto?

Why do so few bills become laws?

• No one has enough money

• No one budgets or comes to a compromise

• People don't care

• President vetoes

What is a pocket veto?

• Congress can't get 2/3 of a vote

• President vetoes a bill within the first 10 days that congress is in session

• When the president vetoes a bill within the last 10 days that congress is in session

• President vetoes a bill with lots of time still left in congress

What are the main influences on Congress?

• Personality of congressman, nature of issue, how it will affect people at home, beliefs, staff members, making others happy

• Personality of president, nature of issue, how it will affect people at home, beliefs, staff members, making others happy.

• Personality of congressman, nature of issue, how it will affect America, Beliefs, staff members, making others happy

• Personality of congressman, nature of issue, how it will affect people at home, beliefs, previous staff members, making others unhappy

What is a rider?

• Changing boundaries to help an election

• Taking a criminal back to the state where the crime took place.

• 3 branches of government

• A part of bill that includes a subject other than what the bill is mostly about

What is a joint resolution?

• A congratulations from congress

• How congress introduces a bill

What is a concurrent resolution?

• A congratulations from congress

• How congress introduces a bill

What are some limits the president has?