Author Question: Evidence of the German chancellor's power includes a. easily invoked emergency powers. b. an ... (Read 20 times)

audie · **on:** Jul 8, 2018

Evidence of the German chancellor's power includes

a. easily invoked emergency powers.
b. an article in the Basic Law that allows the chancellor to decree legislation pending approval by the Bundestag.
c. widespread authority for bureaucratic policy making.
d. authority to dissolve the Bundestag and Bundesrat.
e. a staff significantly larger than those of other European prime ministers.

Question 2

The constructive vote of no confidence in Germany's Basic Law means that the legislature

a. cannot vote down a government policy proposal without approving an alternative.
b. cannot vote a government out of office unless it votes in a new government to replace it.
c. cannot vote down policy goals proposed by the government; it can only vote down specific methods ofreaching those goals.
d. can delay legislation until the government considers alternatives proposed by the legislature.
e. can amend previously passed legislation to improve the way policy goals are achieved.