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The role Congress plays in ensuring that executive branch agencies are carrying out their legislated responsibilities is known as
Executive department, Congressional committee, interest group
The Speaker of the House
The President must bring troops home from hostilities within 60 to 90 days unless Congress extends the time
Controlling an executive agency’s annual budget
exercise some control over executive agencies
legislative oversight
Directing federal funds into the representative’s district through legislation
Congress may pass a law declaring a presidential action unconstitutional.
Which of the following is articulated in the War Powers Resolution?
Executive department, Congressional committee, interest group
The Speaker of the House
The President must bring troops home from hostilities within 60 to 90 days unless Congress extends the time
Controlling an executive agency’s annual budget
exercise some control over executive agencies
legislative oversight
Directing federal funds into the representative’s district through legislation
Congress may pass a law declaring a presidential action unconstitutional.
Of the following, which is the most powerful figure in Congress?
Executive department, Congressional committee, interest group
The Speaker of the House
The President must bring troops home from hostilities within 60 to 90 days unless Congress extends the time
Controlling an executive agency’s annual budget
exercise some control over executive agencies
legislative oversight
Directing federal funds into the representative’s district through legislation
Congress may pass a law declaring a presidential action unconstitutional.
Which of the following form an iron triangle?
Executive department, Congressional committee, interest group
The Speaker of the House
The President must bring troops home from hostilities within 60 to 90 days unless Congress extends the time
Controlling an executive agency’s annual budget
exercise some control over executive agencies
legislative oversight
Directing federal funds into the representative’s district through legislation
Congress may pass a law declaring a presidential action unconstitutional.
All of the following are ways that the legislative branch can check the powers of the executive branch EXCEPT:
Executive department, Congressional committee, interest group
The Speaker of the House
The President must bring troops home from hostilities within 60 to 90 days unless Congress extends the time
Controlling an executive agency’s annual budget
exercise some control over executive agencies
legislative oversight
Directing federal funds into the representative’s district through legislation
Congress may pass a law declaring a presidential action unconstitutional.
Congressional oversight refers to the power of Congress to
Executive department, Congressional committee, interest group
The Speaker of the House
The President must bring troops home from hostilities within 60 to 90 days unless Congress extends the time
Controlling an executive agency’s annual budget
exercise some control over executive agencies
legislative oversight
Directing federal funds into the representative’s district through legislation
Congress may pass a law declaring a presidential action unconstitutional.
Which of the following actions by a congressional representative is an example of “pork barreling”?
Executive department, Congressional committee, interest group
The Speaker of the House
The President must bring troops home from hostilities within 60 to 90 days unless Congress extends the time
Controlling an executive agency’s annual budget
exercise some control over executive agencies
legislative oversight
Directing federal funds into the representative’s district through legislation
Congress may pass a law declaring a presidential action unconstitutional.
Congress is most likely to exert oversight of the executive bureaucracy in which of the following ways?
Executive department, Congressional committee, interest group
The Speaker of the House
The President must bring troops home from hostilities within 60 to 90 days unless Congress extends the time
Controlling an executive agency’s annual budget
exercise some control over executive agencies
legislative oversight
Directing federal funds into the representative’s district through legislation
Congress may pass a law declaring a presidential action unconstitutional.
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