45 POINTS AND BRAINLIEST

Question 15(Multiple Choice Worth 4 points)

(03.02 MC)

In 1985, the Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Balanced Budget and Emergency Control Act was passed in order to ensure that the federal government submitted goals to meet the deficit. If the goals are not met, then the president must order spending cuts across the entire budget based on the recommendation of the comptroller general, a position appointed by the president.

The scenario above describes which of the following powers attributed to Congress?

Congressional oversight by reviewing appropriations requests that need to meet certain spending criteria
Congressional response to presidential budget cuts based on the comptroller general's recommendations
Congressional subcommittees that can review improper relationships between the comptroller and the president
Congressional action to block proposed spending cuts to all federal agencies by amending the executive budget to target items from the president's agenda
Question 16(Multiple Choice Worth 4 points)

(03.04 MC)

Representatives in Congress have attempted to repeal the Twenty-Second Amendment several times. Since 1997, Representative Jose E. Serrano (D-NY) has sponsored at least nine different bills to achieve this goal. None has ever reached the floor for a vote.

Which of these arguments against the repeal is supported by the Constitution?

The repeal would be contrary to the will of the American electorate.
The repeal would make the legislature subservient to a single political philosophy.
The repeal would weaken the system of checks and balances that limits presidential power.
The repeal would set a precedent that would allow the courts to interpret the Constitution too broadly.
Question 17(Multiple Choice Worth 4 points)

(03.04MC)

In which way would the Environmental Protection Agency enforce a ban on factory emissions if directed by the president?

By issuing tighter emissions rules
By firing polluting factory managers
By communicating the plan to Congress
By obtaining support from the General Services Administration
Question 18(Multiple Choice Worth 4 points)

(03.01MC)

Which of the following groups is most likely to target only the House of Representatives?

A group wishing to have a treaty dealing with carbon taxes on fossil fuels revised
A group wishing to have a new subcommittee created to limit the sale of over the counter decongestants
A group wishing to have a new tax placed on marijuana production in order to halt its production
A group wishing to have tariffs increased on foreign steel to help domestic manufacturers
Question 19(Multiple Choice Worth 4 points)

(03.06 MC)

An image of a OSHA Public Meeting Notice. The notice is for a Standards Improvement Project Phase IV.

Which power does the Congress delegate to the agency in the image?

To levy taxes
To make regulations
To borrow money
To create a new court
Question 20(Multiple Choice Worth 4 points)

(03.04 MC)

A conspiracy against the freedom of America, both deep and dangerous, has been formed by an infernal junto of demagogues. Our thirteen free commonwealths are to be consolidated into one despotic monarchy. … Who can deny but the president general will be a king to all intents and purposes, and one of the most dangerous kind too—a king elected to command a standing army. Thus our laws are to be administered by this tyrant; for the whole, or at least the most important part of the executive department is put in his hands.
—From Anti-Federalist No. 74, 1788

Based on the excerpt, which statement best refutes the main argument of Federalist No. 70?

The states favor a single executive system.
A single executive will be as tyrannical as a monarch.
A larger legislature is needed to balance out a single executive's power.
More than one leader will lessen the executive's power.