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Saturday, February 25, 2012

Monday’s Sabato T/F

1) Most of a presidentʹs Cabinet nominees are successfully confirmed by the Senate.

2) The president has the power to convene Congress on ʺextraordinary Occasions.ʺ

3) At the end of World War I, the Senate confirmed the Treaty of Versailles and the United States
joined the League of Nations.

4) Treaties are more commonly used than executive agreements.

5) Most presidential vetoes are overridden by Congress.
Answer: FALSE

6) President George W. Bush has used the line-item veto frequently in order to reduce the
amount of pork included in Democratic spending measures.

7) The vice president serves as Commander in Chief of the armed forces.

8) According to the War Powers Act, the president is prohibited from engaging troops in combat
without a congressional declaration of war.

9) As a check on the judicial branch, the president has the authority to pardon those accused or
convicted of a federal crime.

10) Crises have often triggered expansions of presidential power.

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