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Term | Definition |
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What role does the Vice President play in Congress | He is the president of Senate, and cast a tying vote if needed |
What is reapportionment? | the process of dividing the number of State representatives and senators among the State’s population in order to assure, as close as possible, districts of equal size. |
What is necessary to override a presidential veto? | Congress can override a veto by passing the act by a two-thirds vote in both the House and the Senate |
Who presides over the Senate in the absence of the Vice President? | the Senate's president pro tempore |
What is the State of the Union Address? | a yearly address delivered in January by the president of the US to Congress, giving the administration's view of the state of the nation and plans for legislation. |
What offices does the President appoint? | power to appoint federal judges, ambassadors, and other "principal officers” of the United States |
How does the line of presidential succession work? | |
What is the purpose of presidential cabinets? | |
Who appoints and confirms cabinet members? | |
How does the president influence the bureaucracy? |