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30 Cards in this Set
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inner cabinet
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are the four positions of secretary of state,treasury, attorney general,and secretary of defense
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Another way to make a treaty binding without having two-thrids of the votes of the senate.
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Executive Agreements
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Executive Orders
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Enforce the constitution,treaties, legislative statues, or establish or modify rules and practices of executive administrative agencies.
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Executive Privilege
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A President's claim to have the right to keep private communications between himself and his principal advisers.
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Executive Office of the President
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consists of agencies that report directly to the president and perform staff services for him.
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What is the one restriction on Executive Orders?
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They must be published in the daily publication of the U.S Government. (The Federal Register)
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What are the Executive Office Agencies
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-National Security Council
-The Office of Managment and Budget -The National Economic Council |
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what was the reason for Bush's attempt to reorganize the executive branch?
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- there was way to many agencies
- Easier to change policy through reorganization of agencies |
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who Advises the president on American military affairs and foreign policy?
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The National Security Council
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What is the largest office in the Executive Office of the President that has the job of preparing the national budget that the pesident proposes to congress every year?
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The Office of Managment and Budget
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this angency helps the president with economic planning
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The National Economic Council
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What is the most important agency in the Executive Office of the President?
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The Office of Management and Budget
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What does The National Economic Council consist of?
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three leading economists and assisted by about 60 other economists, attorneys and political scientists.
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What agency is the source of the president’s advice and information about the nation’s economy.
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The National Economic Council
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Who is the cheif executive?
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The president
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Military Power
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the president is the commander in chief of the armed services
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Wars Powers Resolution
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requires the president to consult with congress when activating military troops
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Diplomatic Power
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the president makes treaties with foregn nations
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diplomatic recognition
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the power to recognize foreign governments.
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qualifications to be a president include:
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-Must be natural born citizen
-Must live in the United States for at least 14 years -Must be at least 35 years old |
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Budget reform and impoundment act of 1974
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it requires the president to spend all appropriated funds unless congress approved the impoundment.
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Impoundment
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is the presidential practice of refusing to spend money appropriated by congress
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agenda setting
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determining policy priorites for the nation.
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Line Item Veto
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would allow presidents to veto sections of bills without rejecting the whole thing
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legislative veto
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congress writes laws that allow it to review and cancel actions of the executive branch
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Divided government
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a government in which one party controls the whit house and a different party controls one or both houses of congress.
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Gridlock
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the inability to get anything done because the branches bicker with one another and make decisions difficult
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12th amendment
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provieded for electors to vote for a president/vice- president slate.
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The circular model
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presidents that use this model have more direct contact with their staff members with many cabinet secretaries and assistants reporting directly to the president.
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The pyramid model-
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where people report through a hierarchy to a chief of staff and/or a chief aide
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