The influence of the legislature in foreign policy is most pronounced in which area?
a. Military decisions
b. Deployment issues
c. Judicial challenges
d. Budgetary power
What part of the U.S. government has the constitutional authority to declare war?
a. President
b. Congress
c. Secretary of State
d. Chief Justice
Which of the following is not true about the War Powers Act?
a. U.S. presidents have consistently held that the law is unconstitutional.
b. The U.S. Supreme Court has declared in Valeo v. Buckley that the Act is unconstitutional.
c. U.S. presidents have generally followed the Act's provisions.
d. Combat troops must be removed from a zone of conflict after sixty days unless Congress passes legislationallowing the operation to continue.
The War Powers Resolution was passed by the U.S. Congress after the conclusion of the __________ war.
a. Persian Gulf
b. Korean
c. Vietnam
d. Afghan
Although the president is the commander-in-chief of the armed forces, Congress passed the __________ in order to reassert congressional control over going to war.
a. Appropriations Bill
b. War Powers Resolution
c. Pentagon Papers
d. Kyoto Agreement
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