Exec. Branch Basics
This branch of government is responsible for carrying out and enforcing the laws.
What is the Executive Branch
These advisors work directly in the White House and help the president manage daily decisions and schedules.
What is the White House Staff
This presidential power allows the president to reject a bill passed by Congress.
What is veto?
This process includes proposing, reviewing, passing, and executing the federal budget each year.
Budget Cycle
How does the U.S government get money to spend (revenue)?
What are taxes?
What is the criteria for becoming president (list three)
What are being a natural-born citizen, at least 35 years old, and having lived in the United States for at least 14 years?
This person is often considered the president’s top assistant and helps coordinate the work of the White House staff.
Who is the Chief of Staff?
As commander in chief, the president serves as the leader of these forces.
What are the U.S. armed forces?
Revenue (income) exceeds expenditures (spending)
What is Surplus?
The U.S has a progressive income tax. What does this mean?
What is a tax in which the burden falls more heavily on the rich than the poor?
This order issued by the president has the force of law and directs how the government should operate
What is an executive order?
This famous law enforcement agency that investigates federal crimes is part of the Department of Justice.
What is the Federal Bureau of Investigation? (FBI)
The president uses this power to forgive someone for a federal crime or reduce their punishment.
What is a pardon?
How much money does the United Stated Owe?
38.8 Trillion dollars
What are payroll taxes?
What are the contributions to Social Security benefits and Medicare?
This group, which includes the vice president and the heads of the executive departments who advise the president, is known as this.
What is the Cabinet?
What department of the executive branch is managing the Jeffrey Epstein case?
Department of Justice (DOJ)
The Constitution requires the president to give this yearly speech to Congress about the nation’s condition and goals.
What is the State of the Union address?
Who was the last president to have a balanced budget?
Who is Bill Clinton?
This type of tax takes a larger percentage of income from low-income earners than from high-income earners, making it regressive.
What is a consumption tax?
The idea that people give up some freedoms in exchange for protection from the government is called this
What is Social Contract Theory?
How many departments are in the executive branch?
15
The president has the power to nominate justices to this court, but the Senate must approve the choice before they can serve.
What is the Supreme Court?
How is the national budget an example of checks and balances?
The president submits a budget to Congress. Congress can revise the budget then approve or reject it.
This is the largest category of federal discretionary (flexible) spending.
What is military defense