President And Buerocracy

Question 1

Qualifications for office of the president of US?

Answer 1

Natural born
-35
Been a resident of US for at least 14 years

Question 2

Who is the president chosen by?

Answer 2

Electoral college

Question 3

What does the 25th amendment say?

Answer 3

A Vice President can take over when the pres or Vice President is unable and they need majority of the cabinet to report to Congress
If not 2/3 of congress..?

Question 4

What does article 2 section 1 of the const say?

Answer 4

The president has executive power

Not any more detail than that

Question 5

What does article 2 section 3 say of the constitution ?

Answer 5

Says the president should faithfully execute the laws.

- he is the chief administrator of the nations laws

Question 6

What is the cabinet?

Answer 6

The president selects the cabinet includes the
Vice President
Heads of federal executive departments
Other high officials the pres selects

Question 7

Who does the president employ?(appoint)

Answer 7

Pres has appointed more than 3500 federal employees :

Cabinet and lower administrative officers, federal judges, military officers , member of diplomatic corps

Question 8

Chief foreign policy maker

Answer 8

The presidents executive role as the top president officer of the country’s military establishment

Question 9

Treaties

Answer 9

Formal agreements with other countries - negotiated by the president and requires 2/3 approval of the senate

Question 10

Executive agreements

Answer 10

Presidential arrangements with other countries that create foreign policy without the need for senate approval

Question 11

What is a big pet of the presidents legislative power?

Answer 11

State of the union adress

Question 12

What is the state of the union adress?

Answer 12

A speech given annually (January) by the president to a joint session of congress and to the nation announcing the presidents agenda

Question 13

Presidential veto

Answer 13

A presidents authority to reject a bill passed by Congress ; may be overridden only by two-thirds majority in each house

Question 14

Executive orders

Answer 14

Clarifications of congressional policy issued by the president and having the full force of law

Question 15

Signing statements

Answer 15

Statements recorded along with signed legislation clarifying the presidents understanding of the constitutionality of the bill

Question 16

Solicitor general

Answer 16

The justice department officer who argues the govs cases before the Supreme Court

Question 17

Pardoning power

Answer 17

A presidents authority to release or exuse a person from the legal penalties of a crime

Question 18

Inherent powers

Answer 18

Presidential powers implied but not stated explicitly in the constitution

Question 19

Executive office of the president

Answer 19

Nine organizations that help pres w policy and political objectives

Question 20

Office of management and budget

Answer 20

Organization within the EXec office of the pres hat overseas the budgets of departments and agencies

Question 21

Council of economic advisors

Answer 21

Organization in the exec office of pres that advises the pres in economic matters

Question 22

National security council

Answer 22

Organization within the exec office of pres that provides foreign policiy advice to pres

Question 23

White House office

Answer 23

The more than 400 employees within the exec office of pres who work most closely and directly with the pres

Question 24

Chief of staff

Answer 24

Person who oversees the operations of all the White House staff and controls access to the pres

Question 25

Bureaucracy

Answer 25

An organization characterized by hierarchical structure , worker specialization, explicit rules, and advancement by merit

Question 26

Red tape

Answer 26

The complex procedures and regulations surrounding buerocratic activity

Question 27

Spoils system

Answer 27

19th century practice of firing gov workers of defeated party and replacing them w victory party ppl

Question 28

Patronage

Answer 28

System where successful candidate rewards friends contributors and party loyalists for their support with jobs contracts and favors

Question 29

Pendleton act

Answer 29

The 1883 civil service reform that required the hiring and promoting of civil sevants to be based on merit not patrionage

Question 30

Hatch act

Answer 30

The 1939 law that limited the political involvement of civil servants to protect from political pressure and keep politics out of he buerocraxy

Question 31

What are federal bureaucrats?

Answer 31

Responsible for helping the president to administer laws,policies and regulations of the gov. The work depends on the policiy area

Question 32

Congressional oversight

Answer 32

Efforts by congress especially through committees to monitor agency rule making, enforcement, and implementation of congressional policies

Question 33

Sunshine laws

Answer 33

Legislation opening the process of bureaucratic policy making to the public