Final Exam American Government

Final Exam American Government Author Name Institution Affiliation Democrats in New York have passed a bill that would allow Congress to get hold of President Donald Trump's state tax returns amid an escalating fight with top administration officials over the access of the federal returns. The legislation passed the state assembly 84 to 53, and it would require the tax commissioner to provide the state’s tax returns to Congress whenever they are asked by the House Ways and Means Committee, the Joint Committee on Taxation or the Senate Finance Committee. The purpose of passing this bill is to promote transparency across the United States of America. The first power a President has is that they can negotiate treaties with other nations. These are a kind of international agreements that do not go into effect until or unless the two-thirds vote of the Senate has rectified them. The President reserves the right to make changes in the agreement or can refuse to take any further action. Although all treaties are approved routinely, the Senate can reject something as it rejected the Treaty of Versailles in 1919. Another power the President has is the appointment power. They can select as many people as are needed by the government to serve in a large number of public offices such as the federal courts, cabinet secretaries, members of the Supreme Court and ambassadors. Almost all of these positions required ...