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Title: Exercising the message power and the session power are among the Texas governor's responsibilities ...
Post by: kmtz77 on Mar 16, 2018
Exercising the message power and the session power are among the Texas governor's responsibilities in his or her role as _____.
 
  a. chief executive
  b. chief legislator
  c. chief of state
  d. chief intergovernmental diplomat
  e. leader of the people

 Q. 2

Which of these plays a dominant role in preparing a budget for the state legislature to consider?
 
  a. members of the Legislative Budget Board
 b. the governor
 c. the comptroller
 d. the attorney general
 e. people in all the positions in the plural executive

 Q. 3

Who is able to propose a Texas state budget?
 
  a. only the governor
 b. only members who serve on the Legislative Budget Board
 c. only the state comptroller
 d. the governor and members who serve on the Legislative Budget Board
  e. the governor and the state comptroller

 Q. 4

Address and quo warranto proceedings are both methods of _____.
 
  a. evading limits on the governor's power to make appointments
  b. removing an official from office
  c. promoting the representation of minorities on state boards and commissions
  d. preparing the executive budget
  e. preparing for prosecution of those charged with capital crimes

 Q. 5

Assume that the governor in 2010 appointed someone to head the state's Public Utilities Commission, a six-year term lasting until 2016 . If a different person were elected governor in 2014, what would be the fate of the head of this commission?
 
  a. The newly elected governor would call for a special election to determine whether the head of the commission could remain in this position.
  b. The newly elected governor would immediately replace the head of the commission with someone else.
 c. The head of the commission would most likely continue to serving in that position until 2016.
 d. The head of the commission would most likely resign.
 e. None of these would happen.

 Q. 6

By law, the governor must submit a biennial budget message to the state legislature within five days after that body convenes in regular session. This budget is prepared by the _____.
 
  a. Legislative Budget Board
  b. Texas Legislative Council
  c. Budget, Planning and Policy Division
  d. Economic Development and Tourism Office
  e. General Land Office

 Q. 7

Senatorial courtesy refers to _____.
 
  a. the respectful manner with which state senators normally treat each other
 b. the tradition whereby individual state senators have an unofficial veto over any appointee of the governor who resides in their districts
  c. the legislative custom whereby the House usually accepts amendments added by the Senate to legislation that initially passed the House
  d. the tradition where a majority of state senators can reject a judicial nomination of the governor
 e. the tradition where a majority of state House members can reject a judicial nomination of the governor


Title: Exercising the message power and the session power are among the Texas governor's responsibilities ...
Post by: mas0375 on Mar 16, 2018
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b

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b


Title: Exercising the message power and the session power are among the Texas governor's responsibilities ...
Post by: kmtz77 on Mar 16, 2018
This is very helpful, my teacher this year is not good