Chapter 8

Front 1

Signing statements

Back 1

statements recorded along with signed legislation clarifyingthe pres’ understanding of the constitutionality of the bill

Front 2

Chief administrator

Back 2

president’s executive role as head of federal agencies andresponsible for implementation of national policy

Front 3

Cabinet

Back 3

presidential advisory group selected by pres, made up ofvice, heads of departments, other high official president elects to givecabinet status

Front 4

Executive agreements

Back 4

presidential arrangements with other countries that createforeign policy without the need for senate approval

Front 5

Executive orders

Back 5

clarifications of congressional policy issued by pres andhaving full force of a law

Front 6

senatorial courtesy

Back 6

tradition of granting senior senators of pres’s partyconsiderable power over federal judicial appointments in their home states

Front 7

Solicitor general

Back 7

Justice Department officer who argues the government’s casesbefore the Supreme Court

Front 8

Inherent powers

Back 8

presidential powers implied but not statedexplicitly in Constitution (modern president has this)

Front 9

cycle effect

Back 9

predictable rise and fall of pres's popularity at different stages of a term

Front 10

Legislative liaison

Back 10

executive personnel who work with members of Congress tosecure their support in getting a president’s legislation passed

Front 11

divided government

Back 11

political rule split between two parties, in which onecontrols white house and other controls one or both houses of congress

Front 12

National Security council

Back 12

organization within EOP that provides foreign policy adviceto the pres

Front 13

chief of staff

Back 13

oversees the operations of all White House staff and controls access to the president

Front 14

national security council

Back 14

organization within the EOP that provides foreign policy advice to the president