Executive Flashcards
Executive orders
Rules that have the force the law
Impoundment of funds
President can refuse to allow a federal agency to spend money congress congress has appreciated
Reprieve
Grants a postponement of legal punishment
Pardon
Release from legal punishment
Amnesty
Group pardon to people for an office against the government
Line-Item Veto
Power of an executive authority to cancel a bill
Political patronage
Appoint to political office
Treaty
Formal agreements between the governments of 2 or more countries
Executive agreement
Pacts between the president & the head of a foreign government
Diplomatic recognition
Process of being recognized by a country
A constitutional procedure by which federal and civil officers can be removed from office before their term expires
Impeachment
Legislation that specifies the condition and order of succession to the presidency and Vice President when the president leaves office before completion of his term
25th Amendment
People who alternate between jobs in federal government and employment in the private sector
In and outers
Presidential staff who oversee the policy interests of the president
White House office
A statement sent to congress by the president giving the reasons for vetoing a bill
Veto message
