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1. Which of the following scenarios best illustrates
the concept of concurrent powers ? The federal government
pro- vides about 25 %
of the to- tal funding for
highways and transit in
the United States , while
2. Which of the following scenarios best illustrates
a member of Congress supporting pork - barrel the other 75 % of the
legis- lation ? funding comes from
states
3. In which of the following situations would the A senator from an
Supreme Court be most likely to utilize the agricul- tural state
doctrine of selective incorporation ? amending legisla- tion to
establish a potato re-
4. Which of the following is a true statement about search institute in his or
the role of the media in providing citizens with her state
informa- tion ?
When an individual
claims that a right
protected by the Bill of
Rights is infringed
upon by a state
Demand for
instantaneous news
reporting has led to the
growth of 24 - hour news
op- erations and a shift to
online media
consumption .
5. Which of the following statements is most accurately While President George
W.
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supported by the data in the table ? Bush issued fewer sign- ing
statements than Pres-
ident Clinton his
included more
objections than Presi-
dent Clinton's .
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6. Which of the following best explains a reason The president may have
that a president might use a signing statement
to express displeasure with a bill as opposed to ob- jections to provisions
issuing a veto ? of a bill but does not
want to risk Congress
overriding a veto .
7. Which of the following describes the Twenty - Fourth It eliminated poll taxes .
Amendment ?
8. On February 9 , 2016 , President Barack Obama
re- leased his budget proposal for the 2017 Congress passes a
fiscal year. Facing a Republican Congress , bud- get for the entire
many declared the plan " dead on arrival . " federal government ,
Among the cited issues was Obama's request
including de- fense , but
for $ 582.7 billion in discre- tionary spending for
defense , which many Republi- it must consider
the president's proposal
be- cause the president
may veto
cans believed was not enough. Which of the following the bill
. most accurately explains the interaction between the
president and the Congress regarding the defense
budget ?
9. Which of the following is the most accurate interpre- State governments
prefer
tation of the political cartoon ? federal funding but do not
want federal oversight
over how the money is
spent .