Question

1. maintain close contact with all members on important votes, prepare summaries of content and implications of bills, take vote counts during debates and votes, and in general persuade members to toe the party line.
2. true or false: when the house and senate pass different versions of a bill, a joint committee with members of both houses meets to iron out the differences?

a) true
b) false

1. presidents can exercise a check on judicial power through their constitutional authority to grant reprieves or _.
2. true or false: presidential power, even during a time of war, is limited but does include the right to seize private property through executive order?

a) true
b) false

1. (3 pts) persons not covered by the civil - service system make up about 10% of the federal workforce. their positions generally fall into three categories?

a)
b)
c)

1. a president sets national policy and priorities through _ and insistence on their congressional passage.

are constantly changing because members with technical expertise or newly interested parties become involved in issue areas and others phase out. persons included in these are: agency officials, members of congress (and committee staffers), and interest group lobbyists as well as lawyers, consultants, academics, public relations specialists, and sometimes even the courts.

Explanation:

1. When the House and Senate pass different versions of a bill, a conference committee (a type of joint committee) with members of both houses meets to reconcile the differences. This is a standard legislative - procedure.
2. Presidents can exercise a check on judicial power through their constitutional authority to grant reprieves or pardons. Pardons forgive a person for a crime and reprieves postpone the execution of a sentence.
3. Presidential power during war is limited. While there are some emergency - related powers, the right to seize private property through executive order is not an inherent part of presidential war - time power. The government can take private property under the power of eminent domain but with proper compensation and following due process.
4. Persons not covered by the civil - service system generally fall into political appointees (e.g., high - level government officials appointed by the president), uniformed military personnel, and employees of government - owned corporations.
5. A president sets national policy and priorities through executive orders and legislative proposals and insists on their congressional passage.

Answer:

1. a) True
2. pardons
3. b) False
4. a) Political appointees

b) Uniformed military personnel
c) Employees of government - owned corporations

1. executive orders; legislative proposals