Chapter 9 Flashcards
What is the division of Texas executive power largely based on?
Jacksonian democratic theory
What group prefers a decentralized style of government?
Special-interest groups, Bureaucrats, and legislative leadership
What is not a cause for the Texas executive branch being decentralized?
The legislative leadership and bureaucrats advocate or greater authority for the governor
What does not provide an opportunity for the governor to have greater influence on both the legislative and administrative policy?
The Texas Constitution
What is not a formal qualification to become governor?
Must ve a registered voter
What is informal criterion to become governor?
Governors must be WASP, governors are historically male, and typically governors will be a business person
In Texas history, who is the only other female governor other than Miriam Ferguson?
Ann Richards
How many female governors has Texas had?
Two
What would have an edge in a Texas gubernational election?
Female
When did Republican sweep statewide offices?
1998
What is the Republican primaries of Texas high usually between?
Conservative-to-moderate candidates, with the more conservative the winner
What statement first describes a Texas governor’s term in office?
Four years per term, with no limit on the number of items
By whom may a governor be removed from office only by impeachment with conviction?
the senate
If the office of the governor is vacated, who assumes office after the lieutenant governor?
Pro temper of the Senate
How much of a vote of articles of impeachment in the Texas Senate against a governor require?
2/3
What is impeachment the legislative equivalent of?
Indictment
The line of succession places which office next in line, should the governor vacate the office?
Lieutenant governor
What is the salary of the governor by?
The legislature
What is the governor’s annual salary?
$150,00
What is the ingredient for a successful chief executive?
Maintain a good staff
What did Governor Perry do to the displeasure of many consumer groups?
He named many lobbyists to his staff
Legislative assistants
Serve as a liaison between the office of the governor and legislature
What does the governor’s ability to influence the making and executing of government policy not depend on?
His or her prior experience as a legislator
What is the Texas governor’s combined administrative and legislative power ranking among the 50 states?
34th
What are powers that are not stated in rules, a law, or a constitution but are usually derived from these legal powers called?
Informal powers
Compared to those of other states, what does the governor of Texas have?
Weaker executive and administrative powers
Formal powers
The governor’s ability to use informal powers
Who are the most influential bargaining tools of the governor?
Legislative
What is not a true statement about the legislature’s power to override bills vetoed by the governor?
The vast majority of bills are passed and sent to the governor during the early days of the session so that he or she has plenty of time to veto them
By how much does he legislature have the constitutional power to override the governor’s veto?
2/3
Why is the governor’s authority to reject a proposed law an absolute power?
The legislature is seldom in session when the governor issues a veto
When Governor Perry vetoed 78 bills in one day; what did resentful legislators dub this?
Fathers Day Massacre
What power does the governor lack that is available to any other chief executives, including the president of the United States?
Pocket veto
What of the legislative measures is considered the most important?
Appropriation bills
What happens to the measures that are neither signed nor vetoed by the governor?
They become laws
What has the Texas governor never been allowed to use?
Pocket veto
An item veto is only used with which type of bill?
Appropriation bills
An item veto allows the governor to do which of the following?
Remove funds for specific items or projects without killing the entire bill
What is an informal legislative power of the governor not mentioned in the constitution or the law?
Treat of veto
What veto gives the governor the opportunity to shape legislation?
Threat to veto
What is one of the most persuasive tools the governor has?
Threat of veto
What is a correct statement about the governor’s power of item veto?
States with governors who have the item veto have about the same level of per capita state spending as those without
What is not a factor of the flexibility and intensity that the governor brings to the bargaining?
That all political contributions buy political decisions of support
Precession bargaining
Negotiations that let the governor and the legislative leaders reach the necessary compromises prior to the start of the legislative session
In precession bargaining which of the following is not an advantage for advance agreement on a given bill?
Passage of the bill is guaranteed
Who has the constitutional authority to call a special session of the legislature?
Governo
What is the agenda determined by once a special session of the legislature has been called off?
Governor
Which non legislative issue can be considered by the legislature during a special session?
Resolutions, constitutional amendments, and impeachment
What is an incorrect statement about special statements?
They are limited to 140 days
When must a state-of-the-state message be given by the governor?
At the beginning of each legislative session
What is the receptiveness of the legislature to various messages influenced by?
Governor’s popularity, amont of favorable public opinion generated by proposals, and governors political expertise
What are executive officers not legally independent of the governor?
Commissioner of education
Which an best describes the executive branch?
Fragmented
What is the length of tern or boards and commission members?
6 year staggered terms
What is a result of senators potential influence appointments from their districts?
Senatorial courtesy
Which tern best describes the removal power of the governor?
Limited
As chief of state, the governor is responsible for all but what?
Representing the president in formal diplomatic settings
Which state officials usually have budget power that is more powerful than that of the governor?
The Legislative Budget Board
What is not appointed by the governor?
Members of the State Board of Education
What is not one of the governor’s military powers?
Command of the Texas National Guard, even if nationalized by the president
Which of the following is a clemency power of the governor?
Appointing members to the Board of Pardons and Paroles
How long can the governor postpone executions?
35 days
