Execitive Flashcards
(40 cards)
How old do you have to be to be president?
35
What are your other qualifications to being president?
You must be a natural born citizen, and you must have lived in the United States for the past 14 years
How many years were the presidents term? And how many terms?
Four-year term and may serve for a total of two terms
The term limit was established when?
By the 22nd amendment after the death of FDR
Who is the only president to be elected for four terms?
FDR
How much salary to presidents receive?
$400,000
What are other benefits that president gets?
$50,000 expense account, use of Air Force One, limo, 25 acre compound, camp David, and White House
What is the 25th amendment described?
What is to happen if the president is disabled or dies in office
The president is disabled where does the power go?
VP
What are the two ways the vice president can come into power?
President right to Congress to advise them that he would be unable to perform his duties, vice president and a majority of the cabinet members right to Congress to advise of presidential disability
What is the line of power?
Vice President, speaker of the house, President pro tem poor, members of the cabinet, Secretary of State first
Where is the electoral College spelled out?
Article 2 of the constitution
In order to win the election, a candidate must receive how many votes?
270 out of 538
When are the votes counted?
January 6
The presidents powers are spelled out where?
Article 2 of the constitution
What is the presidents powers?
The right to grant reprieves and pardons, and to act as commander-in-chief
How many cabinet departments are within the executive branch?
15
What are the four primary principle agencies of the executive branch?
Council of economic advisers, office of personnel management, Central Intelligence Agency, and Office of management and budget
What does the Council of economic advisers do?
Advise the president on financial matters
What does the office of personnel management meant do?
Manages the civil service of the government
What does the Central intelligence agency do?
obtain and analyze information about people, foreign countries, and corporations
What does the office of management and budget do?
Assembling the national budget, overseeing the other agencies, and reviewing proposals
What is the federal bureaucracy?
Large complex organization composed of a pie did officials that carry at work for the federal government
What makes up about 50% of bureaucracies jobs?
Post office
