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 or newly interested parties become involved in issue areas and others phase out. persons

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 resolve differences. So the statement is True.
2. Presidents can exercise a check on judicial power through their constitutional authority to grant reprieves or pardons.
3. Presidential power during war is limited and generally does not include the right to seize private property through executive order without proper legal basis. So it is False.
4. Positions not covered by the civil - service system generally fall into categories such as political appointees, excepted service positions, and certain high - level or sensitive positions.
5. A president sets national policy and priorities through proposed legislation and insistence on their congressional passage.

Answer:

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

b) Excepted service positions
c) High - level or sensitive positions

1. proposed legislation