Explain the president success with congress

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Assignment:

Question 1. Presidents' constitutional authority in the area of domestic policy includes

• authority to spend funds appropriated by Congress in any way the president chooses
• authority to execute the laws
• authority to create the programs, such as social security, carried out by the various executive departments and agencies
• authority to declare war

Question 2 Which statement about executive orders is not true?

• They are based on existing law.
• They refer to orders that presidents give to members of the Cabinet
• They are subject to override by a succeeding president.
• They are rooted in the president's constitutional authority to "execute the laws."

Question 3 In the C-SPAN video, Doris Kearns Goodwin argues that great presidents exhibit a number of traits. These traits include all the the following except

• resilience
• humility
• courage
• defensiveness

Question 4 In the article, "Eleven Reasons Why Presidential Power Inevitably Expands and Why it Matters, it is argued that

• the growth of congressional oversight of the executive branch has reduced presidential power
• the growth of presidential power has created a Constitutional imbalance
• the inherent powers of Congress gives the legislature too much power over the executive branch
• the War Power Resolution has unnecessarily intruded on the presidential powers

Question 5 Which factor best explains the president's success with Congress?

• whether the president has just won election by a wide margin
• whether the president is highly popular with the American public
• whether the lobbying groups supporting the presidents' proposals are more powerful than are the opposing groups
• whether the president's party has a congressional majority

Question 6 As listed in the Constitution, the president's war powers include which of the following:

• the power to declare war.
• the authority to fund the military
• commander in chief of the military
• All of the above

Question 7 In contrast to treaties, executive agreements

• are negotiated less frequently
• require Senate approval
• can be canceled or changed by order of a succeeding president.
• are usually difficult to negotiate

Question 8 Most U.S. military conflicts since World War II have taken place through

• congressional authorization.
• NATO authorization
• presidential authorization
• United Nations authorization

Question 9 Over the course of U.S. history, power over war has shifted from Congress to the president. The main reason for this is

• Congress's reluctance to vigorously assert its constitutional authority over war.
• Presidents' defiance of Supreme Court decisions restricting their war power.
• Changes in the world and in technology have changed the nature of threats to national security in a way that has favored presidential action.
• Supreme Court decisions that have effectively shifted many of Congress's war-related powers to the president.

Question 10 Which Article of the United States Constitution reviews the powers of the president?

• Article I
• Article II
• Article III
• Article IV