The effect of a legislative veto was to
A) give Congress control over certain executive decisions.
B) strip House chairpersons of powers of appropriation.
C) give Congress control over the appointment of agency heads.
D) strip House chairpersons of powers of authorization.
E) return power to subcommittees.
Question -2-Prior to 1983, an executive decision must lie before Congress for 30 or 90 days before it can take effect because of the requirement called a
A) pocket veto.
B) regular veto.
C) line-item veto.
D) congressional veto.
E) legislative veto.
Question -3-One way that appropriations committees have lost their power is because Congress changed many programs from permanent authorization to __________ authorization.
A) monthly
B) three-year
C) annual
D) bimonthly
E) nonrenewable
Question -4-The power of the House Appropriations Committee over agency budgets has recently diminished, in part because of
A) an increase in marking-up practices by other House committees.
B) the large amount of Congress's time taken up with trying to keep spending down.
C) the 1983 Supreme Court ruling on the legislative veto.
D) a decline in the use of trust funds by Congress.
E) an increase in legislative inducements to restrict spending on entitlement programs.
Question -5-The process of revising agency budget requests is commonly called
A) gutting.
B) reconciling.
C) bait and switch.
D) marking up.
E) redlining.
Question -6-__________ funds operate outside of the regular government budget, and appropriations committees have no control over these expenditures.
A) Trust
B) Agency
C) Welfare
D) Military
E) Authorized
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