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ENagel

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If as president you believed that Congress was sidestepping important issues, what could you do to try to make Congress to address those issues?
 
  A)Raise those issues during the weekly cabinet meeting and initiate bureaucratic action without congressional authority.
  B)Challenge Congress to deal with the issues by activating the take-care clause of the Constitution.
  C) Invoke executive privilege to bypass congressional inaction on these critical issues.
  D) Raise those issues during a State of the Union address to focus the public's attention on them.

Question 2

An effect of congressional media appearances on foreign policy is that the media __________.
 
  A) now regularly ignores the opinions of congressional members on foreign policy
  B) now routinely relies on members of Congress to determine which criticisms of a president's foreign policy are legitimate
  C)no longer views members of Congress as experts on foreign policy issues
  D) now routinely offers critical commentary on the foreign policy views expressed by congressional members



momtoalll

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Answer to Question 1

D

Answer to Question 2

B



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