In the _____ structure of White House staff organization, used by both Presidents Bush, most assistants report through a hierarchy to a chief of staff who then deals directly with the president.
A) ad hoc
B) pyramid
C) circular
D) linear
E) intuitive
Question -2-If a president has a particular attitude about how a piece of legislation might be implemented, he/she might issue a(n)
A) signing statement.
B) veto.
C) veto message.
D) line-item veto.
E) amending motion.
Question -3-United States v. Nixon held that there is
A) no executive privilege.
B) absolute presidential immunity from judicial process.
C) no absolute unqualified presidential privilege of immunity from judicial process.
D) real but limited presidential immunity from judicial process.
E) no presidential immunity for matters that are civil in nature.
Question -4-In his first term in office, Barack Obama vetoed
A) only two bills.
B) most pieces of legislation.
C) two major bills and a large number of minor ones.
D) zero bills.
E) only five bills.
Question -5-More than twenty-five hundred presidential vetoes have been made since 1789. Congress has overridden approximately what percentage of these?
A) 4 percent
B) 25 percent
C) 38 percent
D) 45 percent
E) 86 percent
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