Chapter 8

Question 1

statements recorded along with signed legislation clarifying the presidents understanding of the constitutionality of the bill; was intended to clarify the presidents understanding of what the bill meant and how he believed it ought to be enforced

Answer 1

Signing statements

Question 2

the president gains special powers in time of need/emergencies (war, recessions, depressions)

Answer 2

Unitary executive theory

Question 3

a presidential advisory group selected by the president made up of the vice president the heads of the federal executive departments, and other high official to whom the president elects cabinet status; they oversee work of implementation

Answer 3

cabinet

Question 4

person who oversees the operations of all white house staff and controls access to the president; they isolate the president by removing him from the day by day control of his administration; Obama’s chief of staff (rahm Emmanuel)

Answer 4

chief of staff (James Baker)

Question 5

organization within the EOP that advises the president on economic matters

Answer 5

Council of Economic Advisors

Question 6

political rule split between two parties: one controlling the white house and the other controlling one or both houses of congress

Answer 6

Divided Government

Question 7

agreements made between the president and foreign countries that do not have to be ratified by the senate

Answer 7

Executive agreements

Question 8

collection of nine organizations that help the president with policy and political objectives

Answer 8

Executive Office of the President

Question 9

clarifications of congressional policy issued by the president and having the full force of law

Answer 9

Executive orders

Question 10

appealing to the public (media) to gain popularity power to overrule congress

Answer 10

Going public

Question 11

the beginning of an election when president has a high approval rating he gets lots of stuff passed

Answer 11

Honeymoon period

Question 12

presidential powers implied but not stated explicitly in the Constitution

Answer 12

Inherent powers

Question 13

VP that is very active domestically and internationally

Answer 13

Mondale Model

Question 14

organization within the EOP that provides foreign policy advice to the president

Answer 14

National Security Council

Question 15

organization within the EOP that oversees the budgets of departments and agencies

Answer 15

Office of Management and Budget

Question 16

a president’s ability to convince Congress, other political actors, and the public to cooperate with the administration’s agenda

Answer 16

power to persuade

Question 17

image projected by the president that represents how he would like to be perceived at home and abroad

Answer 17

Presidential style

Question 18

a president’s authority to reject a bill passed by Congress; may be overridden only by a two thirds majority in each house

Answer 18

Presidential veto

Question 19

tradition of granting senior senators of the president’s party considerable power over federal judicial appointment in their home states

Answer 19

Senatorial Courtesy

Question 20

authority to deploy troops without congress declaring an act of war

Answer 20

Presidential warmaking

Question 21

passed in 1951, the amendment that limits presidents to two terms of office

Answer 21

22nd Amendment

Question 22

a speech given annually by the president to a joint session of congress and to the nation announcing the president’s agenda

Answer 22

State of the Union address

Question 23

the approximately four hundred employees within the EOP who work most closely and directly with the president

Answer 23

White House Office

Question 24

Amendment that creates a chain of succession for filling in the presidential seat in case of death/ incapacitation

Answer 24

25th Amendment