Exam 6: The Presidency

The governor of North Carolina is empowered to veto specific provisions in legislation that have passed both houses of the state legislature. This is an example of a ________.

On April 13, 2011, President Barack Obama gave a nationally televised speech opposing the congressional Republicans' deficit-reduction plans and offering an alternative set of fiscal proposals. This is an example of ________.

Presidents have used the ________ clause in Article II to increase their power.

The tension between a president's desire to enforce policies in a particular way and a bureaucrat's preferences to enforce policies otherwise creates a/an ________ for the president.

What role best explains why the president is better able to solve collective action problems than Congress?

In which system of government is the executive elected independently of the legislature and is not responsible to the legislature?

Which refers to a government in which the president is a member of one party and the majority in Congress is controlled by another?

What is an example of a formal presidential power?

One important implied power of the president is executive privilege, which refers to the president's ability to ________.

Which is the best example of an agent when the president is the principal?

A president may be removed from office if he or she is impeached by the ________ and convicted by the ________.

Which of these duties does the vice president perform?

How can divided government shape bargaining between Congress and the president?

Which of these is the most lasting way a president creates a legacy?

Which is an enumerated power of the president?

Which is an agreement between the United States and one or more foreign countries concluded solely with presidential approval?

How does the presidency fit into the system of checks and balances that accompanies the separation of powers? How do Congress and the judiciary check the presidency? How does the president check Congress and the judiciary? On balance, which branch of government has the greatest degree of formal power under the U.S. Constitution?

The presidency is less democratically accountable than Congress due to ________.

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration has used its authority under the Occupational Safety and Health Act created by Congress to require that all "half-inch and smaller chains, rings, hooks, shackles, and swivels in general use" in marine terminals be annealed (heat treated) every six months. This is an example of an ________.

How do veto threats shape Congress's creation of legislation?