The Executive Branch Flashcards
Chief of Executive
carries out nations laws
issues executive orders
appoints cabinet members, ambassadors, heads of gov’t agencies
Chief Diplomat
making treaties with other countries
meets with foreign leaders
executive agreements with leaders of other countries
appointing ambassadors
Legislative leader
Proposes legislation
getting bills passed
prepares federal budget
approves or vetoes legislation
Commander-in-chief
Has final authority over all military matters
veto
The power of a president or governor to reject a bill proposed by a legislature by refusing to sign it into law
executive orders
A presidential directive to an executive agency establishing new policies or indicating how an existing policy is to be carried out
appointment power
The authority vested in the president to fill a government office or position
pardon power
provides the President with the power to “grant reprieves and pardons for offenses against the United States, except in cases of impeachment
Bureaucracy
Role in policy implementation
Enforce the laws passed by Congress
Executive Order
a rule or order issued by the president to an executive branch of the government and having the force of law.
war powers
federal law intended to check the U.S. president’s power to commit the United States to an armed conflict without the consent of the U.S. Congress
resolution
an official expression of the opinion or will of a legislative body.
cabinet
a group of members usually from the executive branch
the body responsible for the day-to-day management of the government and response to sudden events,
pocket veto
A pocket veto occurs when a bill fails to become law because the president does not sign it within the ten-day period and cannot return the bill to Congress because Congress is no longer in session.
Bureaucracy structure
Cabinet Departments
15 of them
