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Question 21 • AP US Government and Politics

In which of the following scenarios is a president most likely to use an executive order to create a policy?

Answer

The president enjoys strong support from a large majority in Congress concerning the president’s positions on gun control.

Congress is controlled by the opposing political party and is unwilling to compromise to pass a sentencing-reform bill.

While negotiating a revision to an international trade agreement, the president reaches an impasse with foreign heads of state.

The majority of the justices on the Supreme Court oppose the president’s legislative agenda.

Explanation

A president is most likely to use an executive order when Congress will not pass a policy the president supports. In choice B, the opposing party controls Congress and will not compromise on sentencing reform, so an executive order may let the president direct action within the executive branch. Strong congressional support, as in A, makes legislation more feasible instead.

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