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| 8924880432 | ad hoc | Several subordinates, cabinet officers and committees report directly to the president on different matters. |  | 0 |
| 8924880433 | ambassadors | a diplomat sent from another country in an effort to make peace or continue peace |  | 1 |
| 8924880434 | bully pulpit | A public office or position of authority that provides its occupant with an outstanding opportunity to speak out on any issue. (Media in the case of the president) |  | 2 |
| 8924880435 | Cabinet | A body of persons appointed by a head of state or a prime minister to head the executive departments of the government and to act as official advisers. |  | 3 |
| 8924880436 | chief of staff | The person who is named to direct the White House Office and advise the president. |  | 4 |
| 8924880437 | circular system | Several of the president's assistants report directly to him. The circular method has the virtue of giving the president a great deal of information, but at the price of confusion and conflict among cabinet secretaries and assistants. | 5 | |
| 8924880438 | Clinton v. City of New York (1998) | struck down the Line-Item Veto Act and prevented the president from using a line-item veto |  | 6 |
| 8924880439 | Cold War | a period of time in which America and Russia were hostile and competed without actually being in a war |  | 7 |
| 8924880440 | commander in chief | The role of the president as supreme commander of the military forces of the United States and of the National Guard units when they are called into federal service. |  | 8 |
| 8924880441 | electors | people entrusted to vote for the president of the United States |  | 9 |
| 8924880442 | executive agreement | resembles a treaty but isn't, depends on the willingness to keep peace between both countries |  | 10 |
| 8924880443 | Executive Office of the President | Has responsibility for tasks ranging from communicating the President's message to the American people to promoting our trade interests abroad Overseen by the White House Chief of Staff, has traditionally been home to many of the President's closest advisers. |  | 11 |
| 8924880444 | executive order | A rule or order issued by the president to an executive branch of the government and having the force of law. |  | 12 |
| 8924880445 | executive privilege | The privilege, claimed by the president for the executive branch of the US government, of withholding information in the public interest |  | 13 |
| 8924880446 | honeymoon period | first days after a president is sworn in | 14 | |
| 8924880447 | Humphrey's Executor v. United States (1935) | Court ruled that FTC Act was constitutional and that the firing of a bureaucratic executive based on party affiliation was unjust | 15 | |
| 8924880448 | impeachment | To charge (a public official) with improper conduct in office before a proper tribunal |  | 16 |
| 8924880449 | imperial presidency | used to describe a president who acts without consulting Congress or acts in secrecy to evade or deceive Congress |  | 17 |
| 8924880450 | inherent powers | powers given to the president in the Constitution |  | 18 |
| 8924880451 | lame duck period | begins after selection of new president but before the old one leaves |  | 19 |
| 8924880452 | line-item veto | The power of an executive to veto individual lines or items within a piece of legislation without vetoing the entire bill. |  | 20 |
| 8924880453 | Line-Item Veto Act (1996) | allowed the president to utilize the line-item veto | 21 | |
| 8924880454 | Myers v. United States (1926) | President has the exclusive power to remove executive branch officials, and does not need the approval of the Senate or any other legislative body. |  | 22 |
| 8924880455 | National Security Council | The President's principal forum for considering national security and foreign policy matters with his senior national security advisors and cabinet officials. |  | 23 |
| 8924880456 | Office of Management and Budget | The Office of Management and Budget (OMB), is an agency of the federal government that evaluates, formulates, and coordinates management procedures and program objectives within and among departments and agencies of the Executive Branch. | | 24 |
| 8924880457 | pocket veto | A special veto power exercised by the chief executive after a legislative body has adjourned. Bills not signed by the chief executive die after a specified period of time. If Congress wishes to reconsider a bill, it must be reintroduced in the following session of Congress. |  | 25 |
| 8924880458 | Presidential Succession Act (1947) | allowed for the speaker of the house to take over as president if there is no vice president |  | 26 |
| 8924880459 | pyramid system | A method of organizing a president's staff in which most presidential assistants report through a hierarchy to the president's chief of staff | 27 | |
| 8924880460 | recess appointments | when a person is chosen by the president to fill a position, such as ambassadorship or head of the department, while the senate is not in session, thereby bypassing senate approval. unless approved by a subsequent senate vote, recess appointees serve only to the end of the congressional term |  | 28 |
| 8924880461 | signing statements | explanation of their interpretation of a particular bill |  | 29 |
| 8924880462 | State of the Union | yearly address given to Congress each January by the president |  | 30 |
| 8924880463 | stewardship theory | assumed that presidential powers were only limited by what was said in the Constitution |  | 31 |
| 8924880464 | Tonkin Gulf Resolution | a joint resolution of the U.S. Congress passed on August 7, 1964 in direct response to a minor naval engagement known as the Gulf of Tonkin Incident. It is of historical significance because it gave U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson authorization, without a formal declaration of war by Congress, for the use of military force in Southeast Asia. |  | 32 |
| 8924880465 | 12th Amendment | each elector gets one vote for and one vote for vice president |  | 33 |
| 8924880466 | 20th Amendment | moved inauguration date to January 20 from March 4 |  | 34 |
| 8924880467 | 22nd Amendment | prevents any president from serving more than 2 terms |  | 35 |
| 8924880468 | 23rd Amendment | allowed for electors for D.C. |  | 36 |
| 8924880469 | 25th Amendment | An amendment to the Constitution adopted in 1967 that establishes procedures for filling vacancies in the two top executive offices and that makes provisions for situations involving presidential disability. |  | 37 |
| 8924880470 | United States v. Nixon (1974) | Ruled executive privilege unconstitutional except in cases of secret foreign and military affairs. |  | 38 |
| 8924880471 | veto | The Constitutional power of the president to send a bill back to Congress with reasons for rejecting it. A 2/3 vote in each house can override a veto. |  | 39 |
| 8924880472 | War Powers Act (1973) | a federal law introduced to check the power of the President in committing the U.S. to an armed conflict without the consent of Congress |  | 40 |
| 8924880473 | White House Staff | Personnel who run the White House and advise the President. Includes the Chief of Staff and Press Secretary |  | 41 |
