When the President negotiates treaties, they must be ratified by this proportion of the Senate
What is two-thirds
100
If Congress adjourns within ten days after submitting a bill, the president can simply let it die by neither signing nor vetoing it
What is a pocket veto
100
Congress passed this in 1973 in an attempt to force the president to seek congressional approval before making war.
What is War Powers Act
100
This office has enormous power because of its ability to allocate money to cabinet departments through the budget process of the executive branch
What is Office of Budget and Management
100
This amendment limits the president to two terms in office
What is 22nd amendment
200
Another word for formal powers.
What is delegated
200
The president, the vice president, the heads of the major executive departments of the government, and certain other senior officials are in this
What is the cabinet
200
ven as Commander in Chief of the armed forces, the President does not hold the power to do this.
What is to declare war
200
The top aide to the President, one of the most powerful persons in Washington
What is Chief of Staff
200
The political equivalent of an indictment in criminal law.
What is impeachment
300
Because Senate ratification is sometimes difficult to achieve, the broad powers of the president to initiate foreign policy include these agreements between heads of countries.
What is executive agreements
300
This power is not enumerated in the constitution and it includes leading a group of people with common political goals and ideas
What leadership of a political party
300
When exercising his power to move the military, the president is limited to 10,000 troops for __ days, with 30 additional days to withdraw them, unless Congress grants an extension or declares war.
What is 60 days
300
Council that is of use to the President in matters of military and foreign policy, especially during national emergencies. Used by Kennedy in the Cuban missile crisis and Reagan during the Iran-Contra affair.
What is National Security Council
300
The amendment permits the vice president to become acting president if the vice president and the president's cabinet determine that the president is disabled or if the president declares his own disability, and it outlines how a recuperated president can reclaim the office.
What is 25th amendment
400
The powers delegated to the executive branch are in this article of the Constitution.
What is Article 2
400
When George H.W. Bush was unable to get his domestic policy agenda passed to congress he was called this.
What is a "foreign policy president"
400
This president’s ability to quickly bring the Gulf War to a conclusion while suffering relatively low casualties resulted in the second-highest approval rating of any president, at 89%.
What is George H. W. Bush
400
Council responsible for helping the president make national economic policy.
What is Council of Economic Advisors
400
when voters cast their ballots for congressional candidates of the president's party because those candidates support the president
What is presidential coattails
500
It was around this time period that the public view of presidential power turned from one of favor to one of heightened distrust.
What is 1970's
500
(As stated in the review book), Presidents serve as this in order to gain popularity among people and in order to increase our countries enthusiasm.
What are morale builders
500
In 1964, Congress passed this act, giving the President the broad powers to commit unlimited troops for an unlimited length of time in the Vietnam conflict.
What is Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
500
Council that assists the President in formulating policies relating to matters such as energy, education, agriculture, natural resources, welfare reform, drug abuse, and crime.
What is Domestic Policy Council
500
An evaluation of the president based on many factors, but especially on the predisposition of many people to support the president. One measure is provided by the Gallup Poll