2.4

Question 1

bargaining and persuasion

Answer 1

used by the president to persuade members of Congress to support his policy intiatives

Question 2

Commander in Chief

Answer 2

the president manages the military

Question 3

formal powers

Answer 3

powers expressly granted in the Constitution

Question 4

Executive Agreement

Answer 4

agreement between a president and another nation but does not require Senate ratification

Question 5

Executive Order

Answer 5

policy directives issued by presidents that do not require congressional approval

Question 6

Executive Privilege

Answer 6

right claimed by president to keep certain conversations, records, and transcripts confidential

Question 7

informal powers

Answer 7

powers not laid out in the Constitution but used to carry out presidential duties

Question 8

line-item veto

Answer 8

empowers an executive to eliminate a line of spending from an appropriations bill or a budgeting measure, allowing the president to veto part, but not all, of the bill

Question 9

pocket veto

Answer 9

informal veto; president does not sign bill within ten days; Congress adjourned at end of session

Question 10

signing statements

Answer 10

written comments by president while signing a bill into law, usually consist of political statements

Question 11

veto

Answer 11

formal rejection by the president of a bill that has passed both house of Congress