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Gov Quiz Presidency and Bureaucracy Flashcards

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President

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Executive elected by Electoral College for 4 years and can re-elect for one term

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How many electoral votes to win presidency

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270

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Qualifications for presidency

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35 years old
natural born Us Citizen, in US for at least 14 years

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Presidents have expanded powers in

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Precedential war power
executive privilege
Unilateral powers including executive powers

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Checks and balances on presidential power

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Congress: appropriations, lawmaking, oversight and impeachment

Judicial: Judiciary review and authority to declare acts unconstitutional

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How to become president

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  1. Intend to run
  2. Primary and caucus debates
  3. States and parties hold the primaries and caucuses
  4. Nominating conventions to choose candidates
  5. Presidential debates
  6. Election day
  7. Electors cast votes and congress counts
  8. Inauguration day
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Pros and Cons to electoral college

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Pros:
Protects interests of minorities
Gives more power to states
Two-party system

Cons: Can dissuade people from voting
Favored majority candidates may not win
Swing states and small states have more power

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What can president nominate

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15 available Cabinet positions. Senate confirms or rejects them. Also subordinate administrators

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First hundred days

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The honeymoon period to get shit done

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The first influential technology for presidential campaigns

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Movie newsreels

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Roles of first ladies

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Private advisors
Elanor Roosevelt
Rosalynn Carter established Office of the First Lady

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Hillary Clinton

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First lady involvement: She was in charge of health care reform

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What can the president do without Congress permission

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Fire cabinet officers, high-ranking appointees, and members of presidential staff

Issue recess appointments

Pardon without conditions

Issue executive orders, proclamations, and memoranda

line-item veto and signing statements

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Executive orders usually are justified through

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National security, war powers, foreign affairs

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Federal Bureaucracy

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Administrative structure staffed by nonelected workers enables the government to function as needed by citizens

Charged with carrying out functions connected to a series of policies and programs

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Three historical moments that led to bureaucracy

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  • Rise of centralized party politics in the 1820s. Party loyalty gets privilege
  • Industrialization = more people and economic size = demand
  • Civil Service Reform Acts of 1883: hires civil servants through a merit system
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Three more historical moments that led to bureaucracy

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  • Interstate Commerce Commission, federal trade etc.
  • During great depression, civil jobs were boosted to help the economy
  • More state and federal programs
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How are civil servants paid

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U.S. federal General Schedule. Grades are given to people based on experience. Higher the grade, more money

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The Weberian model

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A classic model; agencies are apolitical, hierarchally organized, and governed by formal procedures

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Monopolistic Model

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The absence of competition provides the greatest insight into how a bureaucracy works.Without money they don’t have motivation

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Acquisitive model

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Naturally competitive and power hungry. Work to enhance their own status to the detriment of others

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Three types of federal bereaucracies

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Cabinet departments, independent executive agencies and regulatory agencies, government cooperations

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Cabinet departments

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Major executive offices that are directly accountable to the president

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independent executive agencies and regulatory agencies

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Report directly to the president but are assigned more focused tasks. Independent of the regulatory authority of any specific department

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Government corporations

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Agencies formed by the federal government to administer a quasi-business enterprise. Provide partly subject to market forces and generate profit. ex. U.S. Postal service

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Why can congress apply oversight to bureaucracies

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Power to control funding and approve presidential appointments

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Most powerful oversight tool

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GAO (government accountability office)

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OMB

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Office of Management and Budget

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How citizens have oversight

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Freedom of Information Act of 1996

Government in the Sunshine Act of 1976

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Three types of privatization

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Divestiture
Government Contracts
Third-party financing

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Divestiture

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Full privatization when government services are transferred, usually through sale, from govern control to marked-based private environment

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Government Contracts

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Issuing them privatizes companies to provide necessary services
ex. federal prisons

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Third-Party Financing

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Government signs an agreement with private entity so the two can form a special-purpose vehicle to take ownership of the object being financed

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Who is the press secretory

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Karine Jean Pierre

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FBI

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Federal Bureau of Investigation

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CIA

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Central Intelligence Agency

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NASA

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National Aeronautics and Space Administration

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OSHA

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Occupational Safety and Health Administration

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FEMA

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Federal Emergency Management Agency

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TSA

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Transportation Security Administration

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DHS

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Department of Homeland Security

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FCC

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Federal Communications Commission

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EPA

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Environmental Protection Agency

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DOJ

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Department of Justice

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FDA

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Food and Drug Administration

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The Fed

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The Federal Reserve System

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