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| 527430933 | What are the resources and the constraints that confront presidents and prime ministers? | - Presidents may be outsiders; prime ministers are always insiders - Presidents have no guaranteed majority in the legislature; prime ministers always do - Prime Ministers control the legislature, judicial, and executive; the President has no real control except veto | |
| 527430934 | When might presidential power begin to be limited? When would it be expanded? | Article I, Section 7 1. Veto power (Congress can over-ride veto) Article II, Section 2 2. Commander-in-Chief (Congress has power to declare war) 3. Chief Executive 4. Power of Appointment (Senate must confirm appointments) 5. Treaty-making power (Senate must ratify treaties) 6. Power to Pardon (Not in cases of Impeachment) | |
| 527430935 | Under what circumstances might Congress challenge a popular president? | 1. War Powers Resolution, 1973 Troops cannot be used unless declaration of war or national emergency; use must be reported within 48 hours and must end within 60 days if Congress does approve Most Presidents believe it is unconstitutional (Reagan, Clinton, Bush, Obama) 2. Signing Statements Issued by the President stating his intent not to enforce a law. Used since Reagan, most experts believe it is unconstitutional 3. Impoundment Refusal to spend appropriations passed by Congress. Impoundment Control Act and Train v. City of New York removed this power | |
| 527430936 | Why do presidents rely more on the White House staff more than their cabinets? | The immediate staff of the President, often headed by the White House Chief of Staff. Rule of propinquity | |
| 527430937 | Why would the president sign legislation with which he disagrees rather than simply veto such laws? | Takes such a long time to go through the vetoing process | |
| 527430938 | What are the factors in the success of vice presidents succeeding "their" presidents in office? | In Case of the Death, Resignation, Removal, or Inability to discharge the Powers and Duties of the President, these powers shall devolve on the Vice President | |
| 527430939 | Is it a strength or a weakness of the presidential system that its chief executive is so difficult to remove? | • House drafts articles • Speaker argues case in front of Senate • Supreme Court chief justice presides • 2/3rds vote of guilty by Senate to convict | |
| 527430942 | To what extent does patronage continue to influence political appointments in the federal and state governments? | Patronage in the 19th and early 20th centuries rewarded supporters, induced congressional support, and built party organizations | |
| 527430943 | How do you measure the power of a bureaucracy? | Political authority over the bureaucracy is shared by president and Congress | |
| 527430951 | 12th AMENDMENT | Separate ballots for President and Vice-President If no candidate has a Majority . . . The House chooses the President with each State having one Vote. A quorum for this purpose is two thirds of the States. A Majority of all the States is necessary to select the President. The Senate chooses the Vice President in the same manner. | |
| 527430952 | 22nd AMENDMENT | No person shall be elected to the office of the President more than twice | |
| 527430953 | 25th AMENDMENT | Section 1. if the president dies= the Vice President shall become President. Section 2. If the Vice President dies= the President shall nominate a Vice President who shall be confirmed by a majority vote of both Houses of Congress. Section 3. the Vice President as "Acting President" | |
| 527430954 | AD HOC STRUCTURE | task forces, committees, and informal groups deal directly with president | |
| 527430955 | AGENCY | Agencies often seek alliances with congressional committees and interest groups These alliances are far less common today—politics has become too complicated Issue networks: groups that regularly debate government policy on certain issues | |
| 527430956 | APPOINTMENTS | of: Cabinet Federal Judiciary Ambassadors Military Officers | |
| 527430957 | ARTICLE II | about the president | |
| 527430960 | BUREAUCRACY | a large, complex organization composed of appointed officials | |
| 527430962 | CIRCULAR STRUCTURE | cabinet secretaries and assistants report directly to the President | |
| 527430964 | COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF | The 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 | |
| 527430967 | DIVIDED GOVERNMENT | -one party controls the White House and another controls one or both houses of Congress | |
| 527430968 | ELECTORAL COLLEGE | a group selected by the states to elect the president and the vice-president, in which each state's number of electors is equal to the number of its senators and representatives in Congress | |
| 527430970 | EXECUTIVE PRIVILEGE | Presidents may keep secrets even if subpoenaed by Congress. | |
| 527430971 | GRIDLOCK | the inability of the government to act because rival parties control different parts of the government | |
| 527430972 | HATCH ACT | A federal law prohibiting government employees from active participation in partisan politics. | |
| 527430973 | IMPEACHMENT | (Conviction of, Treason, Bribery, or other high Crimes and Misdemeanors) • House drafts articles • Speaker argues case in front of Senate • Supreme Court chief justice presides • 2/3rds vote of guilty by Senate to convict | |
| 527430974 | LINE ITEM VETO | (City of New York v Clinton, 1998) | |
| 527430977 | OMB | the executive agency that advises the President on the federal budget | |
| 527430978 | OVERSIGHT | ..., the effort by congress, through hearings, investigations, and other techniques, to exercise control over the activities of executive agencies | |
| 527430980 | POCKET VETO | If Congress has adjourned the bill does not become law. This latter outcome is known as the | |
| 527430981 | PRESIDENTIAL PROGRAM | Resources in developing a program include interest groups, aides and campaign advisers, federal departments and agencies, his political party, and various specialists | |
| 527430982 | PYRAMID STRUCTURE | assistants report through hierarchy to Chief of Staff, who then reports to President | |
| 527430984 | SELECTIVE EXPOSURE | The process by which individuals screen out messages that do not conform to their own biases | |
| 527430986 | SHARED POWERS | Powers shared between the state and federal governments (power to tax, borrow money, provide for the common welfare (federal and state argue over who should do this), administer criminal justice) | |
| 527430987 | SIGNING STATEMENTS | statement issued by the president after he signs a bill wherein he provides his interpretation of the law/modifies the intent of Congress | |
| 527430988 | SPOILS SYSTEM | practice of rewarding supporters with government jobs | |
| 530203831 | Open primary Closed primary b. The Republican Party rules permit winner-take-all primaries. c. The Democratic Party uses superdelegates | - US Government a primary in which any registered voter may participate -US Government a primary in which only members of a particular party may vote -a system in which the candidate with the most district votes in a state gets all of the delegate votes from that state -"Superdelegate" is an informal term commonly used for some of the delegates to the Democratic National Convention or Republican National Convention. | |
| 530203832 | Legislative oversight power Senate advice and consent power Budgetary power | - to oversight by the United States Congress of the Executive Branch, including the numerous U.S. federal agencies. It refers to the review, monitoring, and supervision of federal agencies, programs, activities, and policy implementation -is an English phrase frequently used in enacting formulae of bills and in other legal or constitutional contexts, describing a situation in which the executive branch of a government enacts something previously approved of by the legislative branch. -is the allocation, within a system, of available transmitter power output to achieve the desired effective radiated power, among the various functions that need to be performed. | |
| 530203833 | Describe two of these formal powers that enable the president to exert influence over domestic policy. Lame-duck period | - veto power and pardon to power -is an elected official who is approaching the end of his or her tenure, and especially an official whose successor has already been elected |
