Unit 4 Executive Branch Flashcards
Medium for discussion for presidential messages.
Forum
Express will of the people, have shaped the office of the presidency to its modern form.
Mandate
Limit the president effectiveness of carrying out a legislative program or in using executive powers.
Congressional override
Prevent president from committing troops to combat for more then 60 days without congressional approvle.
War powers act
Rules that have the force of law.
Executive orders.
The president puts aside or refuses to spend the money congress has approbated for a certain purpose.
Impoundment
Grants a postponement of legal punishment.
Reprieve
Is a release from legal punishment.
Pardon
A group pardon to people for an offense against the government.
Amnesty
To study the economy and help prepare the report for the president.
Council of economic adviser.
Appointment to political office rewards those persons who support the president and the party during an election.
Patronage
Formal agreement between the governments of two or more countries.
Treaties
Pacts between the president and the head of a foreign government.
Executive agreements
Existing in fact rather than legally.
De facto
Secret.
Covert
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September 24
one who works for a department or agency of the federal government
Bureaucrat
an ambassador’s official residence and office in a foreign country
Embassy
a business that the federal government runs
Government Corporation
to reduce regulation
Deregulate
the purchasing of materials
Procurement
the practice of victorious politicians rewarding their followers with government jobs
Spoils System
Office of Management and budgets review of all legislative proposals that executive agencies prepare.
Central Clearance
Director of the National Security Council staff.
National Security Adviser
