Let's Talk About the VETO
the process by which a politician trades support for one issue or piece of legislation in exchange for another politician's support
Logrolling
The first and most used power of the President.
The Veto
A term used to describe general patterns in discretionary funding that have a political motivation for individual members
Pork-barrel Legislation
Executive Agreement
The term length of a president is how many years and how many terms?
4 years and only two terms
If the president vetoes the bill, how can Congress still get it passed?
Veto the Veto with a 2/3 vote
An Executive Order
Who is the commander and chief of the arms forces?
The President
The Paris Accord on Climate Change is an example of what?
Executive Agreement
The Senate approves the White House Staff
Just the President
Washington Vetoed only ______ bills
2
The president waits until Congress's current session is over and doesn't sign the bill.
Pocket Veto
Presidents can use their foreign policy by using what power
The military influence
The powers explicity given to the executive in Article II of the Constitution
Formal Powers
The president's Cabinet and Supreme Court Justices are approved by who
Selected by the President, but approved by the Senate
In Latin, what does Veto mean?
"I forbid"
A directive from the president that has the force of a federal law, but is not actually a law
Executive Order
What is a policy agenda?
The policies that a president says they will do if elected
Has presidential power been expanded or reduced over the last 100 years
Expanded
Who has the power of Advice and Consent?
The Senate
A president can be _________ if the House of Representatives feel they are unsuited for the job
Impeached
What does it mean for a president to Bargain and Pursue with congress?
Use their influence and approval ratings to get things passed.
What president pushed the bounds of the presidential powers (the biggest fear of anti-federalists)
Franklin Roosevelt (FDR)
An additional statement the president can offer when signing a bill into law that informs the nation how he or she interprets the law and thus how he or she intends to execute it
Signing Statement
We can blame that one person for grabbing power and a single person can act faster than a collective are two points made by Alexander Hamilton in what essential document?
Federalist 70