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1
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What is the division of Texas executive power largely based on?

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Jacksonian democratic theory

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What group prefers a decentralized style of government?

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Special-interest groups, Bureaucrats, and legislative leadership

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What is not a cause for the Texas executive branch being decentralized?

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The legislative leadership and bureaucrats advocate or greater authority for the governor

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What does not provide an opportunity for the governor to have greater influence on both the legislative and administrative policy?

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The Texas Constitution

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What is not a formal qualification to become governor?

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Must ve a registered voter

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What is informal criterion to become governor?

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Governors must be WASP, governors are historically male, and typically governors will be a business person

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In Texas history, who is the only other female governor other than Miriam Ferguson?

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Ann Richards

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How many female governors has Texas had?

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Two

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What would have an edge in a Texas gubernational election?

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Female

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When did Republican sweep statewide offices?

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1998

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What is the Republican primaries of Texas high usually between?

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Conservative-to-moderate candidates, with the more conservative the winner

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What statement first describes a Texas governor’s term in office?

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Four years per term, with no limit on the number of items

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By whom may a governor be removed from office only by impeachment with conviction?

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the senate

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If the office of the governor is vacated, who assumes office after the lieutenant governor?

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Pro temper of the Senate

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How much of a vote of articles of impeachment in the Texas Senate against a governor require?

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2/3

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What is impeachment the legislative equivalent of?

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Indictment

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The line of succession places which office next in line, should the governor vacate the office?

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Lieutenant governor

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18
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What is the salary of the governor by?

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The legislature

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19
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What is the governor’s annual salary?

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$150,00

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What is the ingredient for a successful chief executive?

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Maintain a good staff

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What did Governor Perry do to the displeasure of many consumer groups?

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He named many lobbyists to his staff

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Legislative assistants

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Serve as a liaison between the office of the governor and legislature

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What does the governor’s ability to influence the making and executing of government policy not depend on?

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His or her prior experience as a legislator

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What is the Texas governor’s combined administrative and legislative power ranking among the 50 states?

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34th

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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
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Compared to those of other states, what does the governor of Texas have?
Weaker executive and administrative powers
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Formal powers
The governor's ability to use informal powers
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Who are the most influential bargaining tools of the governor?
Legislative
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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
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By how much does he legislature have the constitutional power to override the governor's veto?
2/3
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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
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When Governor Perry vetoed 78 bills in one day; what did resentful legislators dub this?
Fathers Day Massacre
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What power does the governor lack that is available to any other chief executives, including the president of the United States?
Pocket veto
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What of the legislative measures is considered the most important?
Appropriation bills
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What happens to the measures that are neither signed nor vetoed by the governor?
They become laws
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What has the Texas governor never been allowed to use?
Pocket veto
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An item veto is only used with which type of bill?
Appropriation bills
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An item veto allows the governor to do which of the following?
Remove funds for specific items or projects without killing the entire bill
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What is an informal legislative power of the governor not mentioned in the constitution or the law?
Treat of veto
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What veto gives the governor the opportunity to shape legislation?
Threat to veto
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What is one of the most persuasive tools the governor has?
Threat of veto
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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
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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
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Precession bargaining
Negotiations that let the governor and the legislative leaders reach the necessary compromises prior to the start of the legislative session
45
In precession bargaining which of the following is not an advantage for advance agreement on a given bill?
Passage of the bill is guaranteed
46
Who has the constitutional authority to call a special session of the legislature?
Governo
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What is the agenda determined by once a special session of the legislature has been called off?
Governor
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Which non legislative issue can be considered by the legislature during a special session?
Resolutions, constitutional amendments, and impeachment
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What is an incorrect statement about special statements?
They are limited to 140 days
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When must a state-of-the-state message be given by the governor?
At the beginning of each legislative session
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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
52
What are executive officers not legally independent of the governor?
Commissioner of education
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Which an best describes the executive branch?
Fragmented
54
What is the length of tern or boards and commission members?
6 year staggered terms
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What is a result of senators potential influence appointments from their districts?
Senatorial courtesy
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Which tern best describes the removal power of the governor?
Limited
57
As chief of state, the governor is responsible for all but what?
Representing the president in formal diplomatic settings
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Which state officials usually have budget power that is more powerful than that of the governor?
The Legislative Budget Board
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What is not appointed by the governor?
Members of the State Board of Education
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What is not one of the governor's military powers?
Command of the Texas National Guard, even if nationalized by the president
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Which of the following is a clemency power of the governor?
Appointing members to the Board of Pardons and Paroles
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How long can the governor postpone executions?
35 days

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