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Chapter 8/9 Test
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| How is the president selected in this country? | Electoral college |
| Which EOP group helps prepare the president's budget proposals for him? | OMB |
| EOP v Cabinet | EOP is replacing cabinet. Brain trust/idea people vs. managers that often feel conflicted with the goals of the department |
| Formal vs. informal powers of the president | Formal=veto, pardon, special sessions, treaties Informal= going public, using popularity |
| When filling the WHO... what is most important? | loyalty |
| What happens to the president's favorability ratings the longer he is in office? | tend to drop |
| When is the president most popular usually? | Honeymoon period/early in presidency |
| What is the largest federal agency/group in the country? | Post office |
| Max Weber's characteristics of bureaucracy? | hierarchical, impersonal, rules oriented, output/goals orientated, etc |
| Pathologies of bureaucracy? | Red tape, waste, conflict, repetition, imperialism |
| Administrative discretion of agencies | to determine best way to go about enforcing the law or how vigorously to enforce |
| Executive agreements vs. treaties | do not have to be approved by the Senate vs. treaties are approved |
| What are the president's options when he receives a bill? | veto, sign it, sit on it for 10 days and if they adjourn...pocket veto, of they are there is becomes a law |
| Executive privilege...What is it? Did Nixon get to protect his tapes? | President can withhold security sensitive info from public. He did not he had to turn them over. |
| What is patronage? Merit system? | Patronage is being hired on loyalty/party ties/who you know. Merit is civil service system is based on qualifications/testing system |
| Active involved modern presidency started with? | FDR |
| Modern VP? | Walter Mondale. He was the first to get an office in the west wing and attend cabinet meetings under Carter. |
| Who is the most active VP ever? | Cheney |
| Qualifications and terms for VP and President. Are they the same? | 35, natural born citizen, 14 year resident. Yes, they have the same qualifications. Terms are 4 years. VP is not limited to two terms by the 22nd amendment like the President. |
| Who was the first President to get involved in the budget process? | FDR |
| Functions of the Bureaucracy? | rule making, adjudication, compliance enforcement, implementing programs, provide services |
| What recent president left more popular than when he started? | Bill Clinton |
| What are the two presidencies? | foreign and domestic |
| Imperial Presidency? Which president do we most associate this with? | Nixon. President that acts as if they are above the law, without regard for the other branches |
| Main job of VP in Constitution? | preside over the Senate vote if there is a tie |
| When did esteem for the president begin to diminish? | Nixon and Watergate |
| Hatch Act vs. FEPA | They both regulate campaigning and politics in work place. FEPA is more lenient and acknowledges right to free speech to support a candidate but can't use work time to work on campaign. |
| Reorganizing the bureaucracy? Who can do it? How? | President can but blue print goes through Congress if you are moving agencies around. FEMA moving to homeland security for example. |
| In 1800's who was stronger? Congress/President? 1900's? | 1800's mostly Congress. 1900's president especially after FDR |
| What is going public? Why do they do this? | going over Congress head and reaching out to the people to get us to put pressure on Congress |
| List several powers of the president | treaties, pardons, special sessions, enforce the law, make appointments, state of union, commander in chief, etc. |
| What is the greatest power of the president? | public opinion |
| amnesty vs. pardon | group pardon vs. individual |
| Who approves the treaties/appointments of the president? | Senate 2/3 for treaties, majority for appointments |
| Iron Triangle? Issue networks? | The Iron Triangle is a bond over policy between Agency, committee, and interest group. Issue networks less defined and involve many people that support a cause not just the 3 |
| How do you change the bureaucracy? | Courts declare actions illegal, president can affect appointments, budget proposals, use executive orders, Congress can cut funding, refuse and agency head and reorganize |
| What is rule making? | ability of agency to help mold policy by "filling in blanks" for Congress on laws either in writing or in practice |
| Early experiences with executives? King? Royal Governors? | King was first and was a bad experience. Royal Governors and many responsibilities of our current president but were stripped of powers and checks like impeachment, override veto, etc. were put in place |
| First first lady to have an office in the west wing? | Hillary Clinton was the first and only |
| How does the electoral college work? What is the magic number needed to win? | 270. We get electors based on reps plus senators |
| What is the dirty dozen? | 12 biggest states that can win the Electoral College |
| What is the NSC (in EOP)? | security council screen intelligence, look for potential threats to US |
| Precedents of George Washington? | 2 terms, cabinet, run office on very little staff, be neutral, uniter, public oath, sworn in on bible |
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