3 branches of federal government - .......ANSWERS 🔷🖊✔✔executive (me), judicial,
legislative 1.1.1
OMB Circular A-11 - .......ANSWERS 🔷🖊✔✔Preparation and Submission of Budget
Estimates Comes out every summer. 1.1.2 Contains a section on reporting on
employment and personnel compensation 1.2.4 Rules for calculating FTEs can be
found here 1.2.13
Best place to find updated laws - .......ANSWERS 🔷🖊
✔✔Thomas.loc.gov/home/lawsmade.toc.html 1.1.2
Genesis of US Federal Legislative process can be traced to these events
- .......ANSWERS 🔷🖊✔✔Declaration of Independence, Articles of Confederation,
Constitution ratified by 9 states, Constitution took effect 1.1.5
Declaration of Independence adopted (year) - .......ANSWERS 🔷🖊✔✔1776 1.1.5
Articles of Confederation ratified (year) - .......ANSWERS 🔷🖊✔✔1781 1.1.5
Constitution ratified by 9 states (year) - .......ANSWERS 🔷🖊✔✔1788 1.1.5
Constitution went into effect - .......ANSWERS 🔷🖊✔✔1789 1.1.5
What was the first attempt to come up with a government? - .......ANSWERS 🔷🖊
✔✔Articles of Confederation 1.1.5
What did an amendment to the Articles of Confederation require? - .......ANSWERS
🔷🖊✔✔Unanimous approval of all the states 1.1.5
,What did the Constitution establish - .......ANSWERS 🔷🖊✔✔3 branches of
government (judicial, executive, legislative) 1.1.6
What is the essential principle of the Constitution - .......ANSWERS 🔷🖊
✔✔Everything you do must be legal (purpose, time, amount) 1.1.6
What are the first 10 amendments to the Constitution called - .......ANSWERS 🔷🖊
✔✔Bill of Rights 1.1.6
What does Article 1, Section 8 of the Constitution state - .......ANSWERS 🔷🖊
✔✔Congress shall have the authority to make all laws which shall be necessary and
proper for carrying into execution 1.1.7
Who heads the executive branch and what is its purpose - .......ANSWERS 🔷🖊
✔✔Led by the president and vice president, enforces/executes laws
Who makes up the legislative branch and what is its purpose - .......ANSWERS 🔷🖊
✔✔Congress and it makes/passes our laws
What are the two parts of Congress - .......ANSWERS 🔷🖊✔✔Senate and House of
Representatives
Who leads the judicial branch and what is its purpose - .......ANSWERS 🔷🖊✔✔Led
by the Supreme Court and interprets our laws
The organization of the Federal Government can be found where in the Constitution
- .......ANSWERS 🔷🖊✔✔In the first 3 articles 1.1.7
What does the preamble to the Constitution of the US begin with and how do we
exercise its sentiment - .......ANSWERS 🔷🖊✔✔"We the People of the United States,
in order to form a more perfect Union...."; we exercise this through the election
process. 1.1.7
Which Article of the Constitution discusses the legislative branch? - .......ANSWERS
🔷🖊✔✔Article 1 1.1.7
, Which Articles support which branches of Government? - .......ANSWERS 🔷🖊
✔✔Article 1; Legislative, Article 2; Executive, Article 3, Judicial
What are the law-making powers of the Legislative Brach per Article 1
- .......ANSWERS 🔷🖊✔✔Raise taxes, borrow money, regulate commerce, conscript
forces, declare war, raise and support armies 1.1.8
How many years is a Senator's term? - .......ANSWERS 🔷🖊✔✔6 years 1.1.8
How many years is a House of Representative's term? - .......ANSWERS 🔷🖊✔✔2
years 1.1.8
Who elects state senators? - .......ANSWERS 🔷🖊✔✔The people 1.1.8
Who is the President of the Senate and when is he allowed to vote? - .......ANSWERS
🔷🖊✔✔The Vice President is the President of the Senate, but is only allowed to vote
when they are equally divided 1.1.8
Who budgets the Vice President's expenses? - .......ANSWERS 🔷🖊✔✔The Senate
1.1.8
All bills for raising Revenue shall originate where? - .......ANSWERS 🔷🖊✔✔In the
House of Representatives 1.1.8
What happens when the President vetoes a bill? - .......ANSWERS 🔷🖊✔✔It will go
back to Congress. If 2/3 of the House and 2/3 of the Senate then approve the bill, it
will become a law 1.1.8
What happens if the President does not return a bill to Congress within 10 days
(Sundays excepted) - .......ANSWERS 🔷🖊✔✔It will become a law 1.1.9
What is a temporary appropriation called? - .......ANSWERS 🔷🖊✔✔Continued
Resolution (CR) 1.1.9
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