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12 Cards in this Set
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Mandate
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strong popular support
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Forum
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medium for discussion
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Executive orders
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rules that have the force of law
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Impoundment
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put aside or refuse to spend
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Reprive
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postpoement of legal punishment
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Pardon
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release from legal punishment
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Amnesty
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a group pardon to people for an offense against the government
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Patronage
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Appointment to political office, rewards those persons who support the president and the party during an election
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Executive agreements
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pacts between the president and the head of a foreign government
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Treaties
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formal agreements between the governments of two or more countires.
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De facto
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exercises power as they had that office
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Covert
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secret
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