| 1st | Top United States federal agencies |
| Question 1: The speech is modeled on the ________ given by the British monarch, and is mandated by the Constitution of the United States—though it is not necessarily required to be delivered each year or in the customary manner. | |||
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| Question 2: Low approval ratings. ________ asking people if they approve of the job Congress is doing have, in the last few decades, generally been low. | |||
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| Question 3: To provide for calling forth the militia to execute the laws of the union, suppress insurrections and repel ________; | |||
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| Question 4: Political action committees. Critics have charged that ________, also known as PACs, exert excessive influence over Congress and distort the democratic process. | |||
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| Question 5: Every Act of Congress or joint resolution begins with an ________ or resolving formula stipulated by law. | |||
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| Question 6: The United States Congress is the bicameral legislature of the federal government of the ________, consisting of the Senate and the House of Representatives. | |||
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| Question 7: ________ | |||
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| Question 8: [99] But reform efforts have been stymied because of perceptions that changes may benefit one ________ or the other. | |||
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| Question 9: ________, for example, mentioned and expounded upon the doctrine in Federalist No. 78. | |||
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| Question 10: However, the Constitution provides that: "All bills for raising Revenue shall originate in the House of Representatives." As a result, the Senate does not have the power to initiate bills imposing ________. | |||
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