Chapter 11- The Executive Office

Question 0

Executive Order

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Formal orders to government or agency to carry the force of law issued by the president to direct action by the federal bureaucracy

Question 1

Executive privilege

Answer 1

The right to keep executive communications confidential, especially if they relate to national goverment

Question 2

Executive Memorandum

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Less powerful formal order that doesn’t carry the force of law to do a particular course of action

Question 3

Impoundment

Answer 3

A decision by the president not to spend the money appropriated by congress, now prohibited by federal law

Question 4

Line item veto

Answer 4

Presidential power to strike or remove specific items from a spending bill without vetoing the entire bill; was declared unconstitutional

Question 5

Chief of staff

Answer 5

Head of White House staff

Question 6

Executive office of the president

Answer 6

A cluster of presidential staff agencies that help the president carry out his or her responsibilities

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Office of management and budget

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A presidential staff that serves as a clearing house for budgetary request and improvements for government agencies

Question 8

Presidential support score

Answer 8

The percentage of times the president wins on key votes in congress

Question 9

Mandate

Answer 9

A presidents claim of broad public support

Question 10

Political capital

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The amount of overall public approval the president can use for to win support for major decisions and proposals

Question 11

Rally point

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A rise in the president public approval ratings that follow a crisis as the public gets behind the executive office