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Executive Branch LNT
American Government
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Liaison | One that establishes and maintains communication for mutual understanding and cooperation. |
| Discretionary | For any use or purpose one chooses; not earmarked for a particular purpose. |
| Regulatory | To control or direct by a rule, principle, method, etc. |
| U.S V. Nixon | Supreme Court held that there is no absolute executive privilege |
| Clinton V. New York | Holds that Constitution does not allow the president to cancel specific items in tax and spending legislation |
| Bush V. Gore | Supreme Court suspended the counting of disputed ballots in Florida. (Florida Vote-Count controversy) |
| Appropriation | Money that Congress has allocated to be spent. |
| Bureaucracy | Departments, agencies, bureaus and commissions in the executive branch of government. |
| Executive Agreement | An agreement between the President and another head of state that, unlike a treaty, does not require Senate consent. |
| Executive Order | Presidential rule or regulation that has the force of law. |
| Executive Privilege | the privilege of a President and his staff to withhold their "privileged" conversations from Congress or the Courts. |
| Impeachment | House action that formally charges an official with wrongdoing. Conviction requires 2/3 vote from Senate. |
| Impoundment | Refusal of a President to spend money that has been appropriated by Congress |
| Judicial Restraint | Philosophy that the courts should defer to elected lawmakers in setting policy, and should instead focus on interpreting law rather than making law. |
| Legislative Oversight | Ongoing process of congressional monitoring of the executive branch to ensure that the latter complies with the law. |
| Line-Item Veto | Power of most governors (and President Clinton for only a few years) to delete or reduce funding in a bill on a line by line basis. |
| Merit System | System of hiring federal workers based upon competitive exams. |
| Patronage | Power to appoint loyal party members to federal positions. |
| Political Appointees | Those who have received presidential appointments to office. Contrast with Civil Service employees, who receive federal jobs by competitive exams. |
| Pork Barrel | Wasteful congressional spending, e.g. funding for a Lawrence Welk museum in North Dakota |
| Reapportionment | Reallocation of House seats to the states on the basis of changes in state populations, as determined by the census. |
| Red Tape | Complex rules and procedures required by bureaucratic agencies. |
| Senatorial Courtesy | Tradition in which the Senator from the majority party with the most years of service on a committee becomes the chairman of that committee. |
| Spoils System | same as patronage |
| Sunset Laws | Laws that automatically expire after a given time. |
| Whistleblower | An employee who exposes unethical or illegal conduct within the federal government or one of its contractors. |
| Writ of habeas corpus | Court order that the authorities show cause for why they are holding a prisoner in custody. Deters unlawful imprisonment. |
| Super Pacs | Political-action committee that is allowed to raise and spend unlimited amounts of money from corporations, unions, individuals and associations. |
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