State Of The Union

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T or F - The constitutional mandate for the "State of the Union" address is found in Article 2, Section 3

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True

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T or F - The state of the union address is delivered only to members of the House of Representatives

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False

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T or F - President John Adams delivered the 1st State of the Union, then called "the Annual Message"

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False

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T or F - The first "Annual Message" broadcast on radio was by President Herbert Hoover

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False

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T or F - The first televised address occured in 1947 during the Truman administration

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True

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The State of the Union address, when delivered before Congress, is delivered in the larger chamber of the Capitol.....the House chamber

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True

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T or F - Recognized invited guests are seated in the lower rows of the gallery, now affectionately referred to as "Sputnik row"

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True

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T or F - Since the 1980s a member of the cabinet has been kept away from the ceremony to protect the line of Presidential succession in the event of a catastrophe

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True

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T or F - The two official seated behind the President during the speech are Senate and House majority leaders

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False

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T or f - Also present at state of the union address are top military officers of each branch of the Armed Forces and are known as the "joint Chiefs of staff"

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True

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T or f - In the state of the union address the President discusses the condition of the country and introduces his legislative agenda for the coming year

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True

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T or f - According to Pres. Bush , the state of the union "...is confident and strong"

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True

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T or F - Certain provisions of the Patriot Act are set to expire next year and the President asks Congress to renew the Patriot Act

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True

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T or F - The pres. cites the countries of Great Britain, Australia, and Poland as those providing combat forces to help end the rule of Saddam Hussein

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True

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T or F - During the address the pres. welcomed the current pres. of the Iraqi Governin Council, Moammar Gadhafi

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False

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T or F - In the address Bush said America was insisting that North Korea eliminate its nuclear program, but Iran would be permitted to develop nuclear weapons, for its defense and national security only

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False

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T or F - The pres. is proposing cutting in half the budget for the National Endowment for democracy because of the additional money needed for Iraq

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False

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T or F - In the area of education the pres. proposes a series of measures called Jobs for the 21st Century, larger Pell grants for some students, and an increase in support for community colleges to train workers

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True

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T or F - The pres. told Congress that the tax reductions passed by themw ere sufficient and should not be made permanent

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False

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T or f - The pres. suggests letting younger workers save part of their social security taxes in personal retirement accounts

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True

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T or f - In the address reform of our immigration laws is suggested by proposing a new temporary worker program

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True

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T or F - Under health care the pres. urged Congress to eliminate wateful and frivolous lawsuits

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True

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T or F - Also the pres. proposes that absolutely no money be appropriated for schools to do drug testing

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False

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T or f - In the speech the Pres. suggests that to defend the sanctity of marriage the only alternatve may be the constitutional process

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True

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T or F - Bush proposes a 4 year 300 million dollar Prisoner Re-entry initiative to help newly released prisoners

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True

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House Minority Leader

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Nancy Pelosi

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Senate Minority Leader

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Tom Daschle

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House majority leader

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Tom Delay

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Senate Majority Leader

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Bill Frist

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speaker of the House

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Dennis Hastert

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In the presidential process "Super tuesday" is the first Tuesday of

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March

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Head of National Security Council

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Condoleeza Rice

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Head of the Education Department

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Rod Paige

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Attorney General

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John Ashcroft

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Head of Defense Department

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Donald Rumsfeld

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"Joint Chiefs"

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Richard Myers

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The pres. recently appeared on this Sunday morning news' interview program

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NBC - meet the press

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Pres. Bush has appointed an independent commission to conduct a wide-ranging review of U.S. intelligence operations. The two leaders of this commission will be these two former public officials.

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Robb and Silberman

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This former Chief U.S. Arms Inspector recently created controversy when discussing intelligence reports on Iraq

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Davis Kay

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This state's highest court declared that gays were entitled to marriage

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Massachusetts

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These two democratic candidates claim they can win the Presidency bc they are from southern states

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Edward and Clark

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Former candidate Rep. richard Gephardt of Missouri has now formallly endorsed

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Kerry

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The president's proposed budget for fiscal year 2005 would cost

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2.4 trillion

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Senate office buildings were closed briefly to try and find the source of "ricin" found in the mailroom of this Senator

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Frist