The document is a practice test for a GOVT 220 class on the US government containing 50 multiple choice questions. It covers topics like the structure of Congress, the presidency, the federal bureaucracy, and more. Some key areas assessed include the origins of bills in Congress, limits on presidential power, and the growth of federal agencies over time.

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Liberty GOVT 220 Test 3
1. Under the Constitution, bills can originate in either house of
Congress with the exception of
2. Generally Congress is reluctant to challenge a(n) ______________
president
3. Polls show that many Americans have a low opinion of Congress
but a high opinion of their own member of Congress.
4. The Constitution prohibits an amendment that would change the
number of Senators from each state.
5. The text suggests that the claim that Congress became weak as the
president became strong is
6. A congress is an assemblage of elected representatives who both
pass laws and select the nation’s chief executive.
7. In the Senate, a filibuster can be ended by invoking
8. The Framers tried to prevent legislative tyranny by
9. Which vote requires members to shout “aye” or “no”?
10. For members who seek to mirror their constituents’ views,
the principal difficulty is
11. Congress is constitutionally independent of the president,
meaning its members are not tightly disciplined by party leaders,
and are free to express their views and vote as they wish.
12. The __________system is now electronic and permits each
House member to record his or her vote and learn the total
automatically.
13. A joint resolution
14. The Committee chairmen must be elected by
15. According to the Constitution, each state must have at least
two members in the House of Representatives.
16. An Open Rule is an order from the House Rules Committee

2. in the House of Representatives that sets a time limit on debate and
forbids a particular bill from being amended on the legislative
floor.
17. __________ committees are most important because they are
usually the only ones that can report out bills.
18. Although President Obama was opposed to the issuance of
signing statements, he signed more than a dozen between 2009–
2011.
19. Rivalries tend to develop between the White House staff and
department heads because
20. A typical work week for the president might be ninety hours.
21. The president is limited to two terms in office by
22. Presidents who favor personal involvement in the details of
policy favor __________ structures.
23. Which economic adviser to the president probably would be
most concerned with the views of foreign bankers?
24. Presidential vetoes are often overridden by Congress.
25. An obvious and important difference between a president and
a prime minister is that the prime minister always has
26. The American people tend to hold presidents more strictly
accountable for foreign affairs than for domestic issues.
27. President __________ came to the White House with
experience in Congress and the CIA.
28. The constraints imposed on the president suggest that the
chief executive’s best legislative strategy is to
29. The president earns an annual salary of around $1 million.
30. The examples in the text teach that emergency conditions and
__________ can offer presidents the opportunity for substantial
increases in power.
31. George H. W. Bush had a recognized skill at one‐on‐one
foreign diplomacy.
32. The War Powers Act
33. President ___________ ran on a platform that emphasized
“compassionate conservatism.”
34. The text suggests that the buddy system

3. 35. The first federal law subsidizing school lunches was passed
in the early 1970s.
36. Red tape occurs as a result of
37. When congressional committees require that agency
decisions be submitted to them before the agency implements
them, the committees are exercising the power of
38. No federal money may be spent unless it has first
39. There are 15 federal cabinet departments.
40. The collection of interest groups, think tanks, policy experts,
news reporters, and congressional committees that try to influence
agencies are called
41. Contributing to the growth of the bureaucracy was a change
in the agenda and responsibilities of the federal government.
42. If one were looking to be employed by an “activist” agency,
it would be best to send a resume to the
43. In its first 45 years, the FBI was virtually immune to
44. In 2010, Congress passed a law that mandated the USDA
work with _______ to address issues related to hunger.
45. If a person is appointed to a government position after
passing a written examination or by having met certain selection
criteria, he or she is probably joining the
46. To say that the federal bureaucracy has grown “thicker” is to
say that it has
47. FEMA became the leading example of a failed federal
agency after Hurricane Katrina in 2005.
48. Most of the growth in the federal bureaucracy previous to
1861 came via the expansion of the post office.
49. Which of the following statements regarding the firing of
civil‐service employees is correct?
50. The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and the National
Security Agency (NSA) have an undetermined number of
personnel.