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Example Question #1 : The Senate
Any treaties that the Executive branch attempts to enter into are, according to the Constitution, to be subject to the "advice and consent" of the US Senate. Which other set of Executive branch functions does the Constitution specifically state shall also be subject to the Senate's "advice and consent"?
The appointment of important officials such as Ambassadors and Supreme Court Justices
The dismissal of the President's Cabinet officials
Whether the President can run for reelection
The President's choice of Vice President
The drafting of Executive Orders
The appointment of important officials such as Ambassadors and Supreme Court Justices
Article II, Section 2 of the US Constitution states:
[The President] shall have Power, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Senate, to make Treaties, provided two thirds of the Senators present concur; and he shall nominate, and by and with the Advice and Consent of the Senate, shall appoint Ambassadors, other public Ministers and Consuls, Judges of the Supreme Court, and all other Officers of the United States, whose Appointments are not herein otherwise provided for, and which shall be established by Law: but the Congress may by Law vest the Appointment of such inferior Officers, as they think proper, in the President alone, in the Courts of Law, or in the Heads of Departments.
The President of the United States is vested with the considerable power to appoint thousands of different officials, ranging in power from low level regulators all the way to the Justices of the Supreme Court. This is an enormous task for one person to undertake, and the drafters of the Constitution provided for Senatorial advice and consent as a check on both abuse and poor performance in appointments by a President.
Example Question #1 : Us Government
How many Senators are there for each state?
Three
It varies from state to state based on each state's population.
One
Four
Two
Two
The representatives each state gets varies by its population in the House of Representatives. So, California, which is currently the most populous state, gets a lot more representatives than Wyoming, which is currently the least populous state. In the Senate, every state gets two representatives, regardless of size. The system was set up this way because of a disagreement between state representatives at the Constitutional Convention. The larger states' representatives wanted to have their larger populations reflected by greater representation, whereas the smaller states' representatives feared they would have no power in the system and would be mere subjects of the larger states. A compromise was reached, which is called the Connecticut Compromise, or the Great Compromise.
Example Question #1 : Us Government
Which of these states has the most Senators in Congress?
Florida
Colorado
California
They all have the same number of Senators
New York
They all have the same number of Senators
In the American Legislature there are two houses. The House of Representatives, where each state is apportioned a different number of representatives relative to the population of the state, and the Senate. In the Senate, every State has exactly two members, regardless of the population of the state.
Example Question #1 : Congress
The House of Representatives is part of __________.
The Executive Branch
The Judicial Branch
The State Legislature
The Legislative Branch
The Department of the Interior
The Legislative Branch
The House of Representatives is the lower house in the United States’ Legislative Branch. The American Legislative Branch operates as a bicameral legislature, with an upper house (The Senate) and a lower house (The House of Representatives).
Example Question #1 : Congress
Which Article of the Constitution outlines the powers granted to Congress?
Article I
Article V
Article IV
Article III
Article II
Article I
The structure of Congress and the powers reserved for Congress are established in Article I of the Constitution.
Example Question #1 : Us Government
A President is tried for impeachment by ___________.
The House of Representatives
national referendum
The Supreme Court
Congress
The Senate
The Senate
The House of Representatives may bring charges of impeachment against a President, and if the vote carries, he is tried for impeachment in the Senate. Only two Presidents have ever had charges of impeachment brought against them by the House (Andrew Johnson and Bill Clinton), but neither were found guilty in the Senate.
Example Question #151 : Ged Social Studies
What name is given to the attempt by a representative in Congress to provide funds and confer benefits to his or her home district?
Cloture
Filibuster
Pork-barrel legislation
Logrolling
Quorum
Pork-barrel legislation
Pork-barrel legislation is the name given by any attempt, successful or otherwise, by a representative to gain some benefit for his or her home district at the expense of national interests.
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