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POLS 1301 Ch 7 Terms
Vocab for ch 7
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Cabinet | a presidential advisory group selected by the president, made up of the vice president, the heads of the federal president elects to give cabinet status |
| chief administrator | the president's executive role as the head of federal agencies and the person responsible for the implementation of national policy |
| Chief Foreign Policy Maker | the president's executive role as the primary shaper of relations with other nations |
| Chief of Staff | the person who oversees the operations of all White House staff and controls access to the president |
| Commander-in-chief | the president's role as the top officer of the country's military establishment |
| Council of Economic Advisers | organization within the EOP that advises the president on economic matters |
| Cycle Effect | the predictable rise and fall of a president's popularity at different stages of a term in office |
| Divided Government | political rule split between tow parties: one controlling the White House and the other controlling one or both houses of Congress |
| Executive Agreement | a presidential arrangement with another country that creates foreign policy without the need for Senate approval |
| Executive Office of the President(EOP) | collection of nine organizations that help the president with policy and political objectives |
| Executive Orders | clarifications of congressional policy issue by the president and having the full force of law |
| Going Public | (an inherent power) a president's strategy of appealing to the public on an issue, expecting that public pressure will be brought to bear on other political actors |
| Head of Government | the political party and chief arbiter of who gets what resources |
| Head of State | the apolitical, unifying role of the president as symbolic representative of the whole country |
| Honeymoon Period | the time following an election when a president's popularity is high and congressional relations are likely to be productive |
| Inherent Powers | presidential powers implied but not explicitly stated in the Constitution |
| Legislative Liaison | executive personnel who work with members of Congress to secure their support in getting a president's legislation passed |
| National Security Council(NSC) | organization within the executive office of the president that provides foreign policy advice to the president (part of EOP) |
| Office of Management and Budget | organization within the EOP that oversees the budgets of departments and agencies |
| Pardon Power | a president's authority to release or excuse a person from the legal penalties of a crime |
| Power to Persuade | (an inherent power) a president's ability to convince Congress, other political actors and the public to cooperate with administration's agenda |
| Presidential Veto | a president's authority to reject a bill passed by Congress; may be overridden only by a two-thirds majority in each house |
| Senatorial Courtesy | tradition of granting senior senators of the president's party considerable power over federal judicial appointments in their home states |
| Solicitor General | Justice Department officer who argues the government's cases before the Supreme Court |
| State of the Union Address | a speech given annually by the president to |
| Treaties | formal agreements with other countries; negotiated by the president and requiring approval by two-thirds of the Senate |
| White House Office | the approximately for four hundred employees within the EOP who work most closely and directly with the President (i.e. the West Wing) |
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