Lamar University Political Science EXAM 2024 UPDATE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
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Lamar University Political Science EXAM 2024 UPDATE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
What is cloture? - ANSWER-A rule allowing a majority of two-thirds or three-fifths of the members of a legislative body to set a time limit on debate over a given bill
What is devolution? - ANSWER-A policy to remove a progr...
Lamar University Political
Science EXAM 2024
UPDATE QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS
What is cloture? - ✔✔✔ANSWER-A rule allowing a majority of two-thirds or
three-fifths of the members of a legislative body to set a time limit on debate over a
given bill
What is devolution? - ✔✔✔ANSWER-A policy to remove a program from one
level of government by delegating it or passing it down to a lower level of
government, such as from the national government to the state and local
governments
What is executive privilege? - ✔✔✔ANSWER-The claim that confidential
communications between a president and close advisers should not be revealed
without the consent of the president
, Before the Civil Service Act, what system was in place? - ✔✔✔ANSWER-The
Spoils System
During whose administration did we change to a Presidential administration
instead of a Congressional administration? - ✔✔✔ANSWER-Franklin Delano
Roosevelt
How are ambassadors chosen? - ✔✔✔ANSWER-Ambassadors are nominated by
the President and confirmed by the Senate.
How does the jurisdiction of standing committees work, and what are they based
on? - ✔✔✔ANSWER-The jurisdiction of each standing committee covers a
particular subject matter, which in most cases parallels a major department or
agency in the executive branch.
How is the Speaker of the House chosen? - ✔✔✔ANSWER-Every two years, at
the beginning of a new Congress, the members of each party gather to elect their
House leaders. The elected leader of the majority party is later proposed to the
whole House and is automatically elected to the position of Speaker of the House,
with voting along straight party lines.
How long are the terms of house and senate members? - ✔✔✔ANSWER-House
member: 2 years
Senate member: 6 years
How many members of Congress are there? - ✔✔✔ANSWER-100 Senators (2
from each state)
435 Representatives (population based)
535 Congressmen in total
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