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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 />

© Pearson Education, Inc.<br />

70 Chapter 14 Guided Reading and Review

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