Executive Vocabulary Flashcards
(35 cards)
Administration and Procedure Act (1946)
Procedures for agency rule-making established. A notice of the proposed rule must be put on the Federal Register and must include the data the rule will come into effect, the legal authority the agency has proposed the rule under, and the substance the rule. the agency must solicit comments from the public.
Administrative Adjudication
The process by which an administrative agency issues an affirmative, negative, injunctive, or declaratory order. It is a pseudo-judicial power over an agency’s own rules and regulations.
Administrative Discretion
Authority given by Congress to the federal bureaucracy to use reasonable judgement in implementing laws.
Bully Pulpit
President using power of his office to force businesses, Congress and government agencies to follow his program through speeches covered by press and raises public opinion.
Bureaucracy
A formal organization that operates through impersonal, uniform rules and procedures. (Ex. The Executive Offices, Departments, and Agencies. )
Civil Service Worker
Government workers; usually hired on the basis of competitive examinations.
Clemency
The president’s power to show mercy or leniency to a criminal. (Ex. pardon,reprieve,commute)
Coattails
Those who only show up to vote for the President, vote the same party all the way down the ballot causing more congressional members’ of the same party as the winning presidential candidate to win their elections.
Commute
Presidential clemency power to reduce a sentence for a federal criminal
Electoral College
The official electors for president and vice. They vote the first Monday after the second Wednesday in December at their state capitol. They are apportioned according to the state’s number of representatives and senators.
Executive agreement
international agreements by the president that does not require Senate approval.
Executive order
A decision issued by the president as chief administrator that has the effect of a law.
Executive Office of the President: EOP
A mini-bureaucracy to help president oversee the executive branch bureau..
Executive privilege
an implied presidential power that allows the president to refuse to disclose information to Congress or to the judiciary on the grounds of privacy or national security.
Federal Bureaucracy
the thousands of federal government agencies and institutions that implement and administer federal laws and programs.
Federal Reserve Board: FED
an independent agency that is in charge of monetary policy (money supply circulation)
Freedom of Information Act: FOIA
Request information from an executive department or agency; enforceable by the court.
Independent Regulatory Agency
an independent agency that has quasi-legislative through rule making, quasi-judicial through adjudication as well as executive power when implementing a law (usually used by commerce clause as base for its power)
Inherent Powers
Powers that belong to the president because they can be inferred from the Constitution. Also called informal powers.
Justice Department
responsible for investigating, prosecuting and punishing criminals: led by the U.S Attorney General.
Line-item veto
this would allow a president to veto part of an appropriations bill and sign the rest into law. (Ruled federally unconstitutional in Clinton v. City of New York 1998)
Mandate Theory
The president got elected with a certain % over a majority of the votes; therefore his policies should be adopted by Congress.
Monetary Policy
the control of the money supply; purpose is to target economic growth and stability; FED in charge of it.
Office of Management and Budget: OMB
The office that reviews the budget requests of every agency and department in the federal government. It helps the president prepare his/her annual budget.
