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CLEP US Government

Category - Gov. Institutions

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President Grande is very popular and he wants Congress to pass a law naming a national holiday after him. Congress does not want to. What can President Grande do to try to get his Grande Day?
  1. Go public.
  2. Create the holiday through executive order.
  3. Arrest all the members of Congress until they give in.
  4. Order the Labor Department to force all businesses to close that day.
  5. There is nothing President Grande can do.
Explanation
Answer: A - When a president is popular and the Congress isn’t doing what he wants, he can make a direct appeal to the people, or “go public.” The idea is that the president encourages the people to put pressure on members of Congress. President George W. Bush did this to get his tax cuts passed. He went to states that had voted for him for president but who had also elected senators from the other party and encouraged voters to contact their senators to vote for the tax plan. The strategy worked as he won over six senators from the other party.
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