Roles of the President
As leader of the U.S. military forces, the president plays this role. (Commander in _____)
What is commander in chief
No action on a bill for 10 days results in what?
What is a pocket veto?
Members of the bureaucracy
What are bureaucrats
How many electoral votes are there?
What is 538
What message of the President is required by the Constitution?
What is the State of the Union address?
Several White House agencies are staffed by the President’s closest advisors. What is the name used for these agencies
What is the executive office of the President?
What is an electorate
What is the executive branches' role with laws?
What is enforce/execute laws to the public?
What is an appointment?
The set of complex hierarchical departments, agencies, commissions, and their staffs that exist to help the president carry out his constitutionally mandated charge to enforce the laws of the nation is known as
What is the bureaucracy?
Describe the winner-take-all system:
Whoever wins the popular vote in the state wins ALL electoral votes from that state.
Prohibits the President from leaving troops engaged in conflict for more than 60 days without authorization from Congress
What is the War Powers Act of 1973?
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What is maximum number of years a president can serve?
Executive agreements are pacts, whereas treaties have to be approved by who?
What is the Senate?
There are 15 official positions in this group that advises the President and must be approved by the Senate.
What is the cabinet
Maine and Nebraska like to use this method instead, where each candidate receives the same share of a state's electoral vote as they received in the popular vote, what is this plan called?
What is district plan voting.
The President calls Congress back to Washington D.C. in response to a global issue, this is an example of a
(think emergency meeting)
What is a special session?
If he/she becomes ill, who takes over as acting President?
Who is the Vice President?
Forgiving the crimes of a group of people is called
What is amnesty?
This department is for National Security and was created after 9/11
What is Department of Homeland Security?
What is an argument against the electoral college, and an argument for?
What is a candidate can win popular vote but lose Presidency, some people might not think their vote counts.
What is federalism, tradition, simplifies the election