What similarly can be drawn between state and national governments?

Who leads the House of Representatives, and How is this role different from that of the leader of the senate

-The speaker of the house  

-the true power is held by the majority leader

What is the practice that allows for unlimited debate on the senate floor?

Filibuster

How would the political process change if congressional districting were organized by strictly geographic principles instead of by the political process in state legislatures?

If the redistricting process were nonpartisan, the electoral districts would be more competitive. The safe district established by government would not exist, meaning each individual vote would count more.

Which presidential power is a check on the authority of the judiciary?

Power of pardon

The president is the leader of the executive branch of federal government. What is the analogous position in a state government?

The Chief Justice of a state Supreme Court

How was the war power resolution intended to limit presidential authority?

Congress had to approve of military appointments

In which article of the US Constitution is the leadership of the executive branch authorized?

Article II

Under which circumstance is congress most likely to pass a bill the president has threatened to veto?

Congressional leaders believe they have the votes necessary to override a veto

What similarity can be drawn between state and national governments?

Both have three branches of government and a constitution

president franklin roosevelt supported the tva as part of his first new deal measures approved by congress in 1933. this new agency was designed to control floods, produce electric power, and improve the lives of people living in the tennessee valley. the tva accomplished many of these goals despite problems.