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Presidency
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| bully pulpit | notion of the presidency as a platform from which the president could push an agenda |
| cabinet | a group of advisors to the president, consisting of the most senior appointed officers of the executive branch who head the fifteen executive departments |
| executive agreement | an international agreement between the president and another country made by the executive branch and without formal consent by the Senate |
| Executive Office of the President | the administrative organization that reports directly to the president and made up of important offices, units, and staff of the current president and headed by the White House chief of staff |
| executive order | a rule or order issued by the president without the cooperation of Congress and having the force of law |
| executive privilege | the president’s right to withhold information from Congress, the judiciary, or the public |
| impeachment | the act of charging a government official with serious wrongdoing, which may lead to removal of that official from office |
| line-item veto | a power that would allow the president to veto parts of a bill without vetoing the whole bill. The president does NOT have this power. |
| signing statement | a statement a president issues with the intent to influence the way a specific bill the president signs should be enforced |
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