Vocab Flashcards
Nonbinding presidential agreement made with another head of state in which both sides agree to carry out a particular action
Executive agreement
Presidential activities unknown to the public and to a large extent even to congress
Covert operations
The presidents annual report to congress that establishs the presidents legislative agenda
State of Union address (SOTU)
Presidents power to oppose a bill passed by congress by refusing to sign that bill Into law
Veto
Automatic veto of a bill if the president leaves the bill unsigned for ten days during a congressional adjournment
Pocket veto
Presidential power that allowed the president to veto part of a bill without vetoing the entire bill
Line-item veto
Term of office
Tenure
A constitutional amendment that limited the president to two terms plus up to two years of a predecessors term if that person left office, or a total of ten years
Twenty-second Amendment
Official who is still in office but had not been reflected
Lame duck
Houses power to formally charge top governmentofficials with “treason, bribery, or other high crimes and misdemeanors.”
Impeachment
Presidential directives or actions that have the effect and force of law
Executive orders
A constitutional amendment whereby the president nominates and both houses of co guess elect a new Vice President by majority vote
Twenty-fifth amendment
The first level of the bureaucracy beneath the president
Executive office of the president (EOP)
The presidents frontline staff, including his press secretary
White House Office
An agency within the executive office that serves the president by gathering intelligence, formulation policy, and conducting crisis management in areas affecting national security
National Security Council (NSC)
The executive agency that helps the president prepare his annual budget for congress
Office of Management and Budget
Individuals responsible to the president for the departments that they head
Cabinet secretaries
Offices of the executive branch developed to assist the president in his constitutional duties and to meet the demands of Americas growth
Cabinet
