Chapter Twelve

Question 1

Bully Pulpit

Answer 1

Theodore Roosevelt’s notion of the presidency as a platform from which the president could push an agenda

Question 2

Cabinet

Answer 2

a group of advisors to the president, consisting of the most senior appointed officers of the executive branch who head the fifteen executive departments

Question 3

Executive agreement

Answer 3

An international agreement between the president and another country made by the executive branch and without formal consent by the Senate

Question 4

Executive Office of the President

Answer 4

the administrative organization that reports directly to the president and made up of important offices, units, and staff of the current president and headed by the White House chief of staff

Question 5

Executive Order

Answer 5

rule or order issued by the president without the cooperation of Congress and having the force of law

Question 6

Executive Privilege

Answer 6

the president’s right to withhold information from Congress, the judiciary, or the public

Question 7

Going public

Answer 7

term for when the president delivers a major television address in the hope that public pressure will result in legislators supporting the president on a major piece of legislation

Question 8

impeachment

Answer 8

the act of charging a government official with serious wrongdoing, which in some cases may lead to the removal of that official from office

Question 9

King Caucus

Answer 9

an informal meeting held in the nineteenth century, sometimes called a congressional caucus, made up of legislators in the Congress who met to decide on presidential nominees for their respective parties

Question 10

Line-item veto

Answer 10

a power created through law in 1996 and overturned by the supreme court in 1998 that allowed the president to veto specific aspects of bills passed by congress while signing into law what remained

Question 11

Office of management and Budget

Answer 11

an office within the Executive Office of the President charged with producing the president’s budget, overseeing its implementation, and overseeing the executive bureaucracy

Question 12

rally around the flag effect

Answer 12

a spike in presidential popularity during international crises

Question 13

signing statement

Answer 13

a statement a president issues with the intent to influence the way a specific bill the president signs should be enforced