The Cabinet and Agencies
This member of the Cabinet oversees the military and is located at the Pentagon.
Who is the Secretary of Defense?
This formal power requires approval from the Senate to signify an agreement between the United States & another foreign power.
What is making treaties?
This power allows the President the right to reject bills passed by Congress.
What is the "veto"?
This qualification requires that the President is a citizen at birth.
What is a natural born citizen?
This role makes the President the "boss" of the Executive Branch.
What is the Chief Executive?
This department produces the nation's currency and includes such agencies as the IRS and Secret Service.
What is the Department of the Treasury?
An informal power, sometimes known as presidential proclamations, which may have the weight of law without involving Congress.
What is an Executive Order?
As a check on the President's power to appoint, this house of Congress must give its approval.
What is the Senate?
This is the minimum age requirement to be elected President. J.F.K. was the youngest, elected at age 43.
What is 35 years old?
This role allows the President to meet and receive foreign diplomats and dignitaries.
What is Chief Diplomat?
This department is responsible for managing nuclear waste, clean coal technology, and transporting natural gas between states.
What is the Department of Energy?
This formal power is often exercised when leaving office or to save turkeys before Thanksgiving Dinner.
What is a Presidential Pardon?
This particular veto works by not signing the bill after waiting for Congress to adjourn. Remember, you can't wait for more than 10 days not including Sundays!
What is the "pocket" veto?
This is the amount of time a president must have resided in the United States.
What is 14 years?
This role allows the President to publicly identify with Americans in the country's achievements and values.
What is Chief of State?
This department manages Medicare and Medicaid, providing affordable healthcare insurance, and encouraging healthier lifestyles.
What is the Department of Health and Human Services?
During armed conflicts, this role gives the President the power to oversee military affairs.
What is the Commander and Chief?
The President can influence the legislative process through this constitutionally required speech to Congress. It was first televised in 1947.
What is the State of the Union Address?
This official is elected alongside the President and must meet the same qualifications as his running mate.
Who is the Vice-President?
In this role, the President is expected to help make the economy run smoothly.
What is Chief Guardian of the Economy?
To promote job creation, this department works with the nation's workers, universities, and communities.
What is the Department of Commerce?
Part of the power to persuade, this requires the President to rely on prepared speeches during moments of high visibility to the public.
What is the "Bully Pulpit"?
This process to remove a President first starts in the House, while the actual trial is moved to the Senate.
What is an impeachment?
Per the Constitution, this body is responsible for electing the President and not popular elections.
What is the Electoral College?
This role expects the President to aide members of his party to win elections as well as set his party's agenda.
What is Chief of the Party?
The heads of these agencies, such as NASA and the Federal Reserve, are appointed by the President but the agencies themselves are seen as politically independent and neutral.
What are Independent Agencies?
The President can use this to side-step the Senate in international affairs.
What is an executive agreement?
According to the Constitution, this branch is responsible for determining the President's salary.
What is the Legislative branch?
As a result of Pres. FDR's 4th term, this Amendment was adopted to limit Presidents from serving more than 2 terms and VPs from serving more than 10 years.
What is the 22nd Amendment?
This role reflects the President's ability to influence Congress.
What is the Chief Legislator?
This department is the youngest and is tasked with aiding the country with border security, fighting terrorism, and giving assistance during disasters.
What is Homeland Security?
With the approval and consent of the Senate, the President has this power to fill offices in the executive branch as well as vacancies on the Supreme Court.
What is to appoint?
To describe his decreased political power, the President may be referred to this when he is unable to run for re-election and faces a hostile or split Congress.
What is a lame duck?
In Presidential succession, it is the Vice President, this legislative official, and the President Pro Tempore of the Senate.
Who is the Speaker of the House?
This resolution limited the power of President's role as Commander in Chief after Vietnam.
What is the War Powers Resolution?