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CLEP US Government

Category - Gov. Institutions

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Which side of the US Congress has more ability to check presidential actions?
  1. The House of Representatives because it must confirm all executive nominations.
  2. The House of Representatives because it is the only body that can hold hearings on how the Executive Branch does its job.
  3. The Senate because it decides how much money each presidential project gets.
  4. The Senate because it must confirm all executive nominations.
  5. Neither. The House and the Senate have equal ability to check Presidential actions.
Explanation
Answer: D - The Senate has more ability to check presidential actions because only the Senate has to power to confirm Presidential nominations. As a result, the president does not get whoever he wants to run the various bureaucracies. It also means that the bureaucratic leaders are partially answerable to the Senate.
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