[ 233 ] Civics and Government GED ® TEST SOCIAL STUDIES FLASH REVIEW _____________ • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Read the passage and answer the following two questions. The U.S. Constitution gives the president the power to veto, or reject, a bill passed by Congress. The president typically states his objections to the bill when he announces the veto. Because it takes a two-thirds vote from both the House of Representatives and the Senate to override a veto, Congress often changes the bill to make it more acceptable to the president. Sometimes Congress adds provisions to a bill that the president strongly favors. The president does not have the power of line-item veto, in which lines or parts of a bill can be rejected individually. The president must accept or reject the bill as Congress has written it. Which of the following statements can you infer from the passage? a. Congress is more powerful than the president. b. Congress tries to get the president to accept its provisions by attaching provisions to a bill that the president supports. c. A president is more effective when members of the same political party are the majority in Congress. d. If a president vetoes a bill, there is no way to get it passed into law. Which of the following conclusions can you make based on the passage? a. It is easier to rewrite and make a bill more acceptable to the president than it is to override a veto. b. It is easier to override a veto than it is to rewrite and make a bill more acceptable to the president. c. The U.S. Constitution gives the president the power to edit the bills he receives from Congress. d. The system of checks and balances insures that the president has no influence over the lawmaking branch of government.