Chapter 13 Flashcards
As Richard Neustadt has argued, presidential power is probably best understood as the power to
Persuade
The principal reason that the presidents have trouble getting things done is that
other policymakers with whom they deal have their own agendas, interests, and sources of power.
The Twenty-Second Amendment passed in 1951
limited presidents to two terms of office.
The only president to resign his office was
Richard Nixon
Appointed to the vice presidency in 1973 due to vacancy, he was the only one to become president having run for neither the presidency nor vice presidency in the preceding election
Gerald Ford
Once the House votes for impeachment, the president
is tried by the Senate
According to the Twenty-Fifth Amendment, in the event of a vacancy in the vice presidency
The president nominates a replacement, who must be confirmed by both houses of Congress.
The order of succession to the presidency, should the president be unable to fulfill his or her duties is
Vice President, Speaker of the House, President pro tem, Cabinet members in the order that their department was created.
Which of the following is NOT a constitutional power of the president?
Appoint federal judges with the advice and consent of a majority of the Senate
A constitutional duty of the vice president is to
Preside over the Senate and cast the deciding vote in the event of a tie
The presidential cabinet
consists of the head of each executive department, plus any additional government officials the president designates.
The National Security Council
links the president’s key foreign and military policy advisors.
The budgetary implications of the president’s budget are provided to the president by the
Office of Management and Budget
A presidential veto of legislation passed by Congress
can be overturned by a two-thirds vote of both the House and the Senate to override the veto.
A pocket veto is the situation in which the president
lets a bill die by neither signing nor vetoing it after Congress has adjourned.
Presidential coattails refer to
voters casting their ballots for congressional candidates of the president’s party who will support the president.
Which of the following statements about presidential bargaining is false?
bargaining of congress is critical to creating presidential coalitions
Among the president’s constitutional powers as a maker of foreign policy is the power to
Ratify peace treaties
Appropriate foreign-aid funds
Extend diplomatic recognition to foreign governments
Declare war
ALL OF THE ABOVE
The War Powers Resolution may be considered unconstitutional because
It violates the president’s power as commander in chief
The ultimate weapon in the president’s arsenal of resources to influence Congress is probably
mobilization of the public
The individual who conducts daily press briefings and serves as a conduit of information from the White House is the
Press Secretary
One way that presidents can make diplomatic agreements with other nations, yet bypass approval of the Senate is by use of
Executive Agreements
The need to win a majority of electoral votes in presidential campaigns encourages candidates to
spend more time and money in the more populous states
Which of the following is not a presidential appointee
Speaker of the House of Representatives
The vice presidential running mates for the major party presidential candidates are
chosen by the presidential nominees
Requirements for becoming president of the United States include all except which of the following
Natural Born Citizen
35 Years of Age
Previous Service in the Military
US resident for 14 years
Receiving a majority of the electoral vote
Previous Service in the Military
