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7910740268Advice and consentTerms in the Constitution describing the U.S. Senate's power to review and approve treaties and presidential appointments.0
7910740269Appointment powerThe authority vested in the president to fill a government office or position. Positions filled by presidential appointment include those in the executive branch and the federal judiciary, commissioned officers in the armed forces, and members of the independent regulatory commissions.1
7910740270CabinetAn advisory group selected by the president to aid in making decisions. The cabinet includes the heads of 15 executive departments and others named by the president.2
7910740271Chief diplomatThe role of the president in recognizing foreign governments, making treaties, and effecting executive agreements.3
7910740272Chief executiveThe role of the president as head of the executive branch of the government.4
7910740273Chief legislatorThe role of the president in influencing the making of laws.5
7910740274Chief of staffThe person who is named to direct the White House Office and advise the president.6
7910740275Civil serviceA collective term for the body of employees working for the government. Generally, civil service is understood to apply to all those who gain government employment through a merit system.7
7910740276Commander in chiefThe role of the president as supreme commander of the military forces of the United States and of the state National Guard units when they are called into federal service.8
7910740277Constitutional powerA power vested in the president by Article II of the Constitution.9
7910740278Diplomatic recognitionThe formal acknowledgment of a foreign government as legitimate.10
7910740279Emergency powersInherent powers exercised by the president during a period of national crisis.11
7910740280Executive AgreementsAn international agreement made by the president, without senatorial ratification, with the head of a foreign state.12
7910740281Executive Office of the President (EOP)An organization established by President Franklin D. Roosevelt to assist the president in carrying out major duties.13
7910740282Executive ordersA rule or regulation issued by the president that has the effect of law. Executive orders can implement and give administrative effect to provisions in the Constitution, to treaties, and to statutes.14
7910740283Executive privilegeThe right of executive officials to withhold information from or refuse to appear before a legislative committee.15
7910740284Expressed powersA power of the president that is expressly written into the Constitution or into statutory law.16
7910740285Federal RegisterA publication of the U.S. government that prints executive orders, rules, and regulations.17
7910740286Head of stateThe role of the president as ceremonial head of the government.18
7910740287ImpeachmentAn action by the House of Representatives to accuse the president, vice president, or other civil officers of the United States of committing "Treason, Bribery, or other high Crimes and Misdemeanors."19
7910740288Inherent powersPowers of the president derived from the statements in the Constitution that "the executive Power shall be vested in a President" and that the president should "take Care that the Laws be faithfully executed;" defined through practice rather than through law.20
7910740289Kitchen cabinetThe informal advisers to the president.21
7910740290Line-item vetoThe power of an executive to veto individual lines or items within a piece of legislation without vetoing the entire bill.22
7910740291National Security Council (NSC)An agency in the Executive Office of the President that advises the president on national security.23
7910740292Office of Management and Budget (OMB)A division of the Executive Office of the President. The OMB assists the president in preparing the annual budget, clearing and coordinating departmental agency budgets, and supervising the administration of the federal budget.24
7910740293PardonsA release from the punishment for or legal consequences of a crime; a pardon can be granted by the president before or after a conviction.25
7910740294PatronageThe practice of rewarding faithful party workers and followers with government employment and contracts.26
7910740295Permanent campaignA coordinated and planned strategy carried out by the White House to increase the president's popularity and support.27
7910740296Pocket vetoA special veto 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 such a bill, it must be reintroduced in the following session of Congress.28
7910740297Policy czarA high-ranking member of the Executive Office of the President appointed to coordinate action in one specific policy area.29
7910740298ReprieveA formal postponement of the execution of a sentence imposed by a court of law.30
7910740299Signing statementA written declaration that a president may make when signing a bill into law. Usually, such statements point out sections of the law that the president deems unconstitutional.31
7910740300State of the Union MessageAn annual message to Congress in which the president proposes a legislative program. The message is addressed not only to Congress but also to the American people and to the world.32
7910740301Statutory powerA power created for the president through laws enacted by Congress.33
7910740302Twelfth AmendmentAn amendment to the Constitution, adopted in 1804, that specifies the separate election of the president and vice president by the electoral college.34
7910740303Twenty-Fifth AmendmentA 1967 amendment to the Constitution that establishes procedures for filling presidential and vice presidential vacancies and makes provisions for presidential disability.35
7910740304Veto messageThe president's formal explanation of a veto when legislation is returned to Congress.36
7910740305War Powers ResolutionA law passed in 1973 spelling out the conditions under which the president can commit troops without congressional approval.37
7910740306Washington communityIndividuals regularly involved with politics in Washington, DC.38
7910740307White House OfficeThe personal office of the president, which tends to presidential political needs and manages the media.39

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