Presidents
I desegregated the army using an executive order
How are seats assigned at cabinet meetings?
According to rank
What does OMB stand for?
Office of Management and Budget
Actions that require no congressional approval
A theory that Congress has limited the power of the President since the 70s
Imperilled Presidency
I was the first Democratic President to serve two full terms since FDR
Bill Clinton
Which President forgot his own secretary of education and confused him with mayors he was meeting at the time?
Ronald Reagan
Who is the most senior advisor to the President?
White House Chief of Staff
Reagan issued an EO banning something, Clinton then revoked that. Bush then Reinstated it and Obama then revoked it again, what issue did it deal with?
The larger the ________ __________ of the president the easier it is for them to get things done
Electoral Mandate / Public approval
I served the shortest period of time since 1930
Gerald Ford
How many cabinet meetings did Obama hold in his second term?
Who heads the National Security Council?
National Security Advisor
Presidents have power to do this when Congress are not in session
Recess appointments
The Bush doctrine claim what exister in the world?
I was a Republican VP who was elected President in a general election
What did Richard Darman, Bush's OMB Director, persuade him to do that was disastrous?
Break his 'no new taxes' pledge
FDR issued over how many Executive orders in his time?
3,000
Who was the Supreme Court nominee that Obama nominated but whom the Senate never even held hearings because it was Republican controlled?
I died in 1923
Warren G Harding
Jeff Sessions was Trump's Attorney General - from which pool did Trump recruit him?
Congress
Henry Kissinger
What did Executive Order 10925 do?
It was Kennedy's which required affirmative action in all federal contractors.
This Act stated that the President had 48 hours to notify Congress of any military action
War Powers Act (1973) Vetoed by Nixon and Overridden by Congress