GED Practice Question Answer…Vetos!!
Last week I gave you a GED practice question, right from the news! The article was about the Congress and the President arguing about what to do about oil. What’s new? With gas prices so high… I doubt they’re ever coming down, even though they’ve dropped a little bit. There’s supposed to bounce back up, of course. Seems they always go up and never go down. I’m glad I’m not truckin’ anymore, with these prices! That’s who it’s really hard on, the truckers. Anyone who has to pay for their own gas…
Well, this is about the GED, right? So let’s get to the GED practice question. Here it is:
Yet a proposal by Democrats to release oil from an emergency reserve has been rejected by the White House as a gimmick that won’t reduce prices.
If Congress passed a law that said oil from the emergency reserve had to be released right away, Bush could veto the law, and reject it. Vetoing the law would be:
1) Bush using an executive ban
2) Bush using checks and balances on the Congress
3) The separation of powers between houses of Congress
4) Congress using their power over the President
5) Bush trying to expand the power of the President to make laws
Did you figure out the answer? It’s 2… Bush is using “checks and balances.” Vetoes are a kind of “check” the President has against Congress… a power he can use to balance the power of Congress.
It’s not 1, because an ‘executive ban’ means just that the President ordered his branch of government not to do something… that’s not what he’s doing with a veto. He’s stopping a law.
The answer’s not 3 either. It’s about separation of powers, all right, but between the President and Congress, not between the different houses of Congress.
Answer 4′s not right because it’s the President using his power over Congress, not vice versa.
And answer 5′s not right, either. The right of the veto is in the Constitution. That’s not an expansion of the President’s power… It’s not giving the President new power, just using the power he already has from the Constitution.
So, did you get it right? This is the kind of GED social studies that’s going on all around us every day… and it’s especially in the news right now with the elections and with all the problems with the economy… say, maybe I should do some economics questions about the housing crisis. What do you think? How’s the economy effecting you? Are you having trouble with your mortgage? If you want, you can write in about what’s happening to you with the economy, and maybe I can give you some more information… something to link your real life with the GED social studies.
Good studying!
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