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Government - E3 - P2
Government - Exam 3 - Part 2 - Chapter 11 - President
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Equivalent of a criminal charge against an elected official; removal of the impeached official from office depends on the outcome of a trial | Impeachment |
| The scandal that led to the forced resignation of President Richard M Nixon. Adding “gate” as a suffix to any alleged corruption in government suggests an analogy to the Watergate scandal | Watergate |
| Right of a president to withhold from other branches of government confidential communication within the executive branch; although posited by presidents, it has been upheld by the Supreme Court only in limited situations | Executive privilege |
| Refusal by a president to spend monies appropriated by Congress; outlawed except with congressional consent by the Budget & Impoundment Act of 1974 | Impoundment |
| Items on which a president wishes to POSTPONE spending | Deferrals |
| Items on which a president wishes to CANCEL spending | Rescissions |
| Reporters from both print and broadcast media assigned to regularly cover the president | White House press corps |
| Formal regulations governing executive branch operations issued by the president | Executive Orders |
| The heads (secretaries) of the executive departments together with other top officials accorded cabinet rank by the president; only occasionally does it meet as a body to advise and support the president | Cabinet |
| “Inner Cabinet” that advises the president and coordinates foreign, defense and intelligence activities | National Security Council (NSC) |
| Early months of a president’s term in which his popularity with the public and influence with the Congress are generally high | Honeymoon period |
| Political stalemate between the executive and legislative branches arising when one branch is controlled by one major political party and the other branch by the other party | Gridlock |
| Rejection of a legislative act by the executive branch | Veto |
| In the US Federal Government, overriding of a veto requires a ______ majority in ______ houses | two-thirds, both |
| Effective veto of a bill when Congress adjourns within 10 days of passing it and the president fails to sign it | Pocket Veto |
| Voting in Congress to enact legislation vetoed by the president; requires a two-thirds vote in both the House and Senate | Override |
| Power of the chief executive to reject some portions of a bill without rejecting all of it | Line-item veto |
| Power of the president to grant “legitimacy” to or withhold it from a government of another nation | Diplomatic recognition |
| A formal agreement with another nations (bilateral) or nations (multilateral) signed by the president and consented by the Senate by a two-thirds vote | Treaty |
| A treaty is signed by the president and consented by the ______ by a ______ vote | Senate, two-thirds |
| Agreements with other nations signed by the president of the United States but less formal (and hence potentially less binding) than a treaty because it does not require Senate confirmation | Executive agreements |
| Secret intelligence activities outside US borders undertaken with specific authorization by the president; acknowledgment of US sponsorship would defeat or compromise their purpose | Covert Actions |
| Bill passed in 1973 to limit presidential war-making powers; it restricts when, why, and for how long a president can commit US forces and requires notification of and, in many cases, approval by Congress | War Powers Resolution |
| What lobbying approach has been favored the most by President Obama? | Outside |
| What can the president create with a foreign power, even without the explicit support of the Senate? | An executive agreement |
| 3) According to legislation passed in 1974, who must the president inform in writing of all covert military actions? | The House and Senate Intelligence Committees |
| What term means that a country accepts another as legitimate? | Diplomatic recognition |
| What gives President Obama the power to kill legislation? | ? Line-item veto |
| The agency responsible for analysis preparation and distribution of intelligence to the president and the National Security Council is the | Central Intelligence Agency |
| The National Intelligence Director is appointed by the __________ and reports directly to the __________. | president, president |
| Global leadership is based on the president’s power of ______ | persuasion |
| When the international agreement creating the League of Nations was not ratified by the United States, who failed to ratify it? | The Senate |
| In matters of legislation, the president is still dominant as the ______. | initiator |
| According to your text, presidents are more likely to present or take unpopular policy positions when ___. | when approval ratings are high |
| When first proposed and passed by Congress, the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act (“Wall Street Bailout”) was opposed by ___. | most Americans (as indicated by opinion polls) |
| Passed in early 2009, the largest single fiscal policy measure in American history was ______ which also was financed by an unprecedented increase in the nation’s deficit. | President Obama’s stimulus plan |
| What provision is not in the Health Care Reform bill passed by Congress? | a “public option” which is a government-run medical insurance program |
| According to your text. George W. Bush’s approval ratings varied from ___% near the end of his first year in office to ___% in his final year in office. | 90, 30 |
| The ______ requires the president to spend all appropriated funds. | Budget and Impoundment Control Act |
| Presidents may request ______ on spending subject to Congressional approval. | deferrals |
| Presidents may request Congress to ______ spending on a specific item. | cancel |
| What is a presidential refusal to spend money appropriated by Congress? | Impoundment |
| Presidents are not subject to ______ for performance of official duties. | civil action |
| The president’s power to pardon is ____. | absolute |
| What amendment spells out what happens in the case of a president’s serious illness? | 25th |
| The person that President Obama primarily relies on to supervise the White House staff is ______. | Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel |
| The office that is responsible for the overall coordination of the intelligence activities of the US government is the _______. | Director of National Intelligence (DNI) |
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