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NAME CLASS DATE<br />
CHAPTER<br />
14<br />
Section 4: Guided Reading and Review<br />
Legislative and Judicial Powers<br />
A. As You Read<br />
As you read Section 4, complete the outline on legislative powers by writing the correct words or<br />
phrases in the blanks.<br />
1. Using his message power, the President regularly sends these three major messages to Congress:<br />
a. _____________________________________________________________<br />
the State of the Union message<br />
b. the _____________________________________________________________<br />
President’s budget message<br />
c. _____________________________________________________________<br />
the annual Economic Report<br />
2. The President’s four options in dealing with a measure passed by Congress are:<br />
a. _____________________________________________________________<br />
sign the bill into law<br />
b. veto _____________________________________________________________<br />
the bill<br />
c. _____________________________________________________________<br />
not sign it, allowing it to become law<br />
pocket veto, not sign a bill at the end of a congressional session, which does not allow<br />
d. it _____________________________________________________________<br />
to become law<br />
3. Throughout history Presidents have requested the veto power to include the<br />
__________________ line-item veto that would allow them to cancel specific dollar amounts in spending.<br />
4. Article II, Section 3 allows the President to call Congress into ____________________________.<br />
special session<br />
5. No President has yet used the power to ______________________________________ prorogue (adjourn)<br />
Congress.<br />
B. Reviewing Key Terms<br />
Match the descriptions in Column I with the terms in Column II. Write the correct letter<br />
in each blank.<br />
Column I<br />
_____ c<br />
_____ b<br />
_____ d<br />
_____ a<br />
6. a general pardon offered to a group of lawbreakers<br />
7. mercy or leniency given in cases involving federal offenses<br />
8. a postponement of the execution of a sentence imposed<br />
by a court<br />
9. a reduction in the severity of a sentence or fine imposed<br />
by a court<br />
_____ e 10. legal forgiveness of a crime<br />
Column II<br />
a. commutation<br />
b. clemency<br />
c. amnesty<br />
d. reprieve<br />
e. pardon<br />
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