Execitive Flashcards
How old do you have to be to be president?
35
What are your other qualifications to being president?
You must be a natural born citizen, and you must have lived in the United States for the past 14 years
How many years were the presidents term? And how many terms?
Four-year term and may serve for a total of two terms
The term limit was established when?
By the 22nd amendment after the death of FDR
Who is the only president to be elected for four terms?
FDR
How much salary to presidents receive?
$400,000
What are other benefits that president gets?
$50,000 expense account, use of Air Force One, limo, 25 acre compound, camp David, and White House
What is the 25th amendment described?
What is to happen if the president is disabled or dies in office
The president is disabled where does the power go?
VP
What are the two ways the vice president can come into power?
President right to Congress to advise them that he would be unable to perform his duties, vice president and a majority of the cabinet members right to Congress to advise of presidential disability
What is the line of power?
Vice President, speaker of the house, President pro tem poor, members of the cabinet, Secretary of State first
Where is the electoral College spelled out?
Article 2 of the constitution
In order to win the election, a candidate must receive how many votes?
270 out of 538
When are the votes counted?
January 6
The presidents powers are spelled out where?
Article 2 of the constitution
What is the presidents powers?
The right to grant reprieves and pardons, and to act as commander-in-chief
How many cabinet departments are within the executive branch?
15
What are the four primary principle agencies of the executive branch?
Council of economic advisers, office of personnel management, Central Intelligence Agency, and Office of management and budget
What does the Council of economic advisers do?
Advise the president on financial matters
What does the office of personnel management meant do?
Manages the civil service of the government
What does the Central intelligence agency do?
obtain and analyze information about people, foreign countries, and corporations
What does the office of management and budget do?
Assembling the national budget, overseeing the other agencies, and reviewing proposals
What is the federal bureaucracy?
Large complex organization composed of a pie did officials that carry at work for the federal government
What makes up about 50% of bureaucracies jobs?
Post office
Winner-take-all is true for all but?
Nebraska and Maine
What happened in Nebraska and Maine?
2 votes representing the senators of the state are elected at large, and the rest of the voters are chosen by district
What is the president called when they govern the military?
Commander in chief
When laws are carried out?
Chief Executive
Heading their party?
Chief of party
Serving in a ceremonial capacity for the us?
Chief of state
Leading the armed forces?
Commander in chief
Spokesperson for foreign policy?
Chief diplomat
The bureaucracy is limited by whom?
Congress
The congress has the right to do what?
Appropriate money, investigate administration, and shape laws
What can the bureaucracy do?
Transfer money from federal to states, pay subsidies, and devise and enforce regulations
The largest period of growth for the bureaucracy was when?
During Great Depression and WWII
Out of 15 million, how many members work directly for the government
2million
What is the chance of being fired?
1/10th %
What is a problem with the electoral college?
A person may win popular vote, but lose election
How many time has someone won popular vote but lost election?
4
