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APGovChapter5Vocab
AP Gov Chapter 5 voc
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Executive Branch | the branch of government charged with putting the nation's laws into effect |
| Informal powers | powers not laid out in the constitution but used to carry out presidential duties |
| Treaty | an agreement with a foreign government negotiated by the president and requiring a ⅔ vote in the senate to ratify |
| Formal or Enumerated Powers | powers expressly granted in the constitution |
| State of the Union Address | the annual speech from the president to congress updating that branch on the state of national affairs |
| Veto | formal rejection by the president that has passed both houses of congress |
| Pocket Veto | An informal veto caused when the president chooses not to sign a bill within ten days, during a time when Congress has adjourned at the end of the season |
| Presidential Pardon | Presidential authority to release individuals convicted of a crime from legal consequences and set aside punishment for a crime |
| Executive Privilege | A right claimed by presidents to keep certain conversations, records, and transcripts confidential from outside scrutiny, especially that of Congress |
| Executive Agreement | An agreement between a president and another nation that does not have the same durability in the American system as a treaty but does not require Senate ratification |
| Signing Statement | Written comments issued by presidents while signing a bill into law that usually consists of political statements or reasons for signing the bill but that may also include a presidents interpretation of the law itself |
| Executive Order | policy directives issued by presidents that do not require congressional approval |
| War Powers Resolution | law passed over President Nixon’s veto that restricts the power of the president to maintain troops in combat for more than sixty days without congressional approval. |
| Impeachment | process of removing a president from office, with articles of impeachment issued by a majority vote in the House of Reps., followed by a trial in the Senate, with a ⅔ vote necessary to convict and remove. |
| Executive Office of the President (EOP) | collection of offices within the White House organization designed mainly to provide information to the president. |
| Bargaining and persuasion | an informal tool used by the president to persuade members of Congress to support his or her policy initiatives |
| Bully pulpit | presidential appeals to the public to pressure other branches of government to support his or her policies |
| Going public | a tactic through which presidents reach out directly to the American people with the hope that the people will, in turn, put pressure upon their representatives and senators to press for a president's policy goals |
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