CDFM MODULE 1 EXAM REAL EXAM 250 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS(DETAILED ANSWERS)
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CDFM MODULE 1 EXAM REAL EXAM 250 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS(DETAILED ANSWERS)
What prevents Congress and the President from unilaterally making laws and treaties?
Separation of Power
What give Congress the authority to make laws?
Article 1, Section 8 of the Constitution
Who reviews the c...
CDFM MODULE 1 EXAM 2023-2024 REAL EXAM
250 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS(DETAILED ANSWERS)
What prevents Congress and the President from unilaterally making laws and
treaties?
Separation of Power
What give Congress the authority to make laws?
Article 1, Section 8 of the Constitution
Who reviews the constitution for interpretation of the constitution?
Supreme Court
Who has the power to raise taxes given in Article 1 of the Constitution?
Congress (Legislative Branch)
What does the Congress of the US consist of?
Senate (6 yrs); House (2 yrs)
All bills for raising Revenue shall originate where? But the Senate may propose
or concur with Amendments as on other Bills.
House of Representative
To be able to override a presidential veto, the House has to have a majority to
pass the bill; and if approved, then goes to the Senate for a vote to pass the bill. If
approved, the Bill becomes Law. What is the percentage the vote has to pass by
in both the House & Senate?
2/3 and 2/3
If any Bill shall not be returned by the President after it has been presented to
him, the Same shall be a law. How many days?
10 Days
Who has the power to lay and collect taxes, duties, imposts and Excises to pay
the debts and provide for the common defense and general welfare of the United
States.
Congress
Article 1, Section 8 of the Constitution allows for what?
1) borrow money on credit 2) regulate commerce; 3) Coin money; 4) Constitute
Tribunals; 5) Declare War; 6) Raise and support Armies; 7) provide and maintain Navy;
8) Make Rules for Government Regulation of land and naval forces; 9) Provide for
calling forth Militia; 10) to make all laws
No money shall be drawn from the Treasury, but in the Consequence of
Appropriations made by law.
Article 1, Section 9
Once the money officially and legally gets into the Treasury, to be able to use the
money, what does Congress have to do?
Write a Law
Gives executive power to the President to be the Commander in Chief and to
execute the laws
Article 2 Executive Branch
,The President has the power to nominate and with the advice and consent of the
Senate, shall appoint these officials. Name 2?
Ambassadors & Supreme Court Judges
How often does the President give to Congress the State of the Union (Jan/Feb)
time frame.
Once year
Who and what branch is responsibly for faithfully executing the laws enacted by
Congress (Legislative Branch)?
President (Executive Branch)
The Supreme Court does not deal in the matter of what?
State Laws
A new Congress convenes for two years following the November general
elections, it consists of how many sessions, and each in what duration?
2 sessions; 1 year duration
This may originate either in the House of Representatives or in the Senate. There
is little practice difference between a bill and a " ", once agree, it goes to the
President for signature.
Joint Resolution
Matters affecting the operation of the House & Senate and both chambers agree,
does not go to the President for signature.
Concurrent Resolution
The House and Senate can each write an matter concerning the operation on its
own. Applies to the chamber that created it. Knows as the H.Res & S.Res
Simple Resolution
During the State of The Union, what message is the President giving?
State of Union, recommend measures necessary and expedient
Can an Executive Branch Department pass legislation with the approval of OMB
and on Behalf of the president, to a congressional committee or subcommittee
Yes, but must be approved by OMB
Who resolves differences between the HR and the Senate?
Conference Committee (Third Chamber)
What is usually the first step in the process for consideration by committee?
Public Hearing
When a Conference Committee is convened dealing with an amendment, what
can the conferees do and not do?
Only deal with matters in disagreement; cannot insert new matter or leave out matter
agreed on
The final step after the Conference Committee Resolution after a measure has
been passed in identical form by both the House andSenate, it is considered to be
what?
"Enrolled" (then sent to the president)
What was declared unconstitutional in 1998 with respect to Presidential Veto?
Line Item Veto
If the President Veto a Bill, it is returned to the house of original acting first. If the
Bill does not receive 2/3 vote, it is sustained and the bill fails to become law. If it
receives the required 2/3 vote, an endorsement to the effect is made on the back
, of the bill and it is then transmitted, with the accompany message, the to the
second house for its action. What has to happen for the Bill to become Law?
The next house has to pass it with a 2/3 vote to become law.
Who is responsible for the 3 phases of the Budget Cycle?
OMB
What are the 3 Phases of the Budget Cycle?
Budget Formulation, Congressional Action and Budget Execution
Who does the Federal budget belong to?
The President
The Budget Formulation processed is governed by this?
OMB Circular A-11
OMB Circular A-11 sets out the promises of the president
Presidential Priorities
What are the six major steps in the budget formulation process laid out in OMB
Circular A-11?
1) OMB Issues guidance; 2) Organization develops draft; 3) Agency submit budget
estimates to OMB; 4) OMB hold hearings on Agency Budgets; 5) President makes final
decisions on Agency budgets; 6) President transmits the budget to Congress.
What organization is responsible for helping the President with spending policy,
managing the executive budget, and providing advice an dangles on a broad
range of topics?
Additional OMB Duties
The President is responsible to transmit the budget of the US government to
congress NLT when?
1st Monday in February each year
Congress she process authorization legislation, which authorizes or allows
programs to exist. They also pass appropriations, which provide funding for
programs
Congressional Action Phase
The President signs the bills into law that provides legal budget authority to incur
obligations and make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes.
Appropriation
In the Congressional Action Phase, who holds hearing in January in preperation
for drafting the concurrent resolution of the budget?
Budget Committees
Budget Committees this to their respective houses. The resolution sets spending
revenue and other budget targets for the upcoming fiscal year.
Concurrent Resolution - April of each year
This is the process of estimating the budgetary effects of pending legislation and
comparing them to a baseline such as a budget resolution or to any limits that
may be set in law.
Scorekeeping
What data does scorekeeping track?
budget authority, receipts, outlays, surplus or deficit, and the public debt
This resolution fixes new budget authority and outlay target and establishes
target for the Gross National Debt, revenues, and surplus/deficit.
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