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chp 12 vocab
chapter 12 vocabulary
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| divided government | a government in which one party controls the white house and another party controls one or both houses of congress. |
| unified government | A government in which the same party controls both the white house and both houses of congress |
| representative democracy | a political system in which leaders and representatives acquire political power by means of a compettitive struggle for the peoples vote. |
| direct democracy | you belive that what people want on some issue should become law with as little fussand bother as possible |
| pyramid structure | a method of organizing a presidents staff in which most presidential assasiants report through a hierarchyto the presidents cheif of staff |
| circular structure | a method of organizing a presidents staff in which several presidential aissistants report directly to the president |
| ad hoc structure | a method of organizing a presidents staff in which several tasks forces ,committies and informal groups of friends and advisors deal directly with the president |
| perks | a short term of perquisites meaning" fringe benifits of the office "of political office for high-ranking officials are limousunes ,expensive accounts ,free air travel ,fancy offices ,and staff assistants |
| cabinet | by custom, the cabinet includes the heads of the fourteen major executive departments |
| veto message | one of the two ways for a president to disaproves a bill sent to him by congress. the veto message must be sent to congress within 10 dsys after the president recives the bill |
| pocket veto | one of the two ways for a president does not sigh in the bill withen 10 days the of his reciving it and congress adjoured within that time the bill does not become a law |
| line item veto | the power of an executive to veto some provisions in an apporiations bill while approving others |
| trustee approcah | the veiw that an elected representative should act on his or her own best judgement of what public policy requires |
| delegate model | the veiw that a representatives should represent the opinions of his or her constituents |
| legislative veto | the rejection of a presidential or administrative agency actions by a vote of one or both houses of congress without the consent of the president |
| impeachmeant | a formal accusation against a public official by the lower house of legistalive body. |
| lame duck | a politician who is still in office after have lost a reelection bid |
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