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Presidential Cabinet
100
The two houses of Congress
What are the Senate and House of Representatives?
100
Supreme Court judges are called this
What are justices?
100
The leader of the executive branch.
Who is the president?
100
The branch the President is the head of
What is the Executive Branch?
100
He elects a group of advisors called a Cabinet
Who is the President?
200
The building that Congress gathers in
What is the Capitol building?
200
People involved in a lawsuit
What are litigants?
200
Businesses that are owned and run by the government.
What are Government Corporations?
200
The president can do this to bills passed by Congress
What is veto, or reject?
200
Other cabinet members besides the attorney general are called this
What are secretaries?
300
Each term of congress is divided into two meetings called this
What are sessions?
300
The authority to hear and decide a case
What is jurisdiction?
300
The most powerful of the white house staff.
Who is the Chief of Staff?
300
This circle features a bald eagle holding an olive tree branch and arrows in its talons.
What is the presidential seal?
300
This important document does not mention the cabinet
What is the Constitution of the United States?
400
This resolution must pass both houses of Congress to become a law
What is a joint resolution?
400
A court order requiring someone to appear in court
What is a subpoena?
400
The Office of Management and Budget and the National Security Council are both this type of agency
What is the Executive Office of the President (EOP)?
400
The President assigns this person to represent the U.S. government to foreign governments
What is an ambassador?
400
The head of the Department of Justice
Who is the attorney general?
500
After the approved bill is sent to the President, the president can sign the bill into law, veto the bill, or do this
What is to ignore the bill?
500
Where the state and federal courts exist side by side
What is a dual court system?
500
This EOP agency is responsible for giving the President advice on economic manners
What is the Council of Economic Advisers (CEA)?
500
A command that has the same force as a law
What is an executive order?
500
The newest cabinet department; established in 2002 to keep the nation safe from terrorists.
What is the Department of Homeland Security?