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Presidential and Bureaucracy packet

Powers of the Powers of the PresidentPresident

What can the president do alone?What can the president do with Senate?What can the president do with Congress as a whole? What can’t the president do that he could at one time?

Presidential PowerPresidential Power

Weak in which areas?Strong in which areas?

Hiring and FiringHiring and Firing

What is the process like?Why do we have this process?How do we keep subordinates loyal?

1968-1988 elections1968-1988 elections

Who was elected, which parties?

Ordinance PowerOrdinance Power

What is the ordinance power?

What is the What is the bureaucracy?bureaucracy?

Know the definition and the characteristics of a bureaucracy

Restraints on Restraints on BureaucracyBureaucracy

Know those things that act as constraints on the bureaucracy

Presidential Actions Presidential Actions and the mediaand the media

What can the president use to influence legislation?

sources of presidential sources of presidential powerpower

Where does his power come from?Media, previous administrations, public support, Constitution

Checks and BalancesChecks and Balances

How does the president check the legislative branch?How does the president check the judicial branch?How do the other branches check the executive branch?

Impeachment Impeachment ProceedingsProceedings

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Sir VetoSir Veto

JACKSON!

Different Forms of Different Forms of VetoesVetoes

VetoPocket Veto

Line Item VetoLine Item Veto

What was this? What happened to this power?

TreatiesTreaties

How are these made?

White House StaffWhite House Staff

Who does he pick to be on his White House staff?

Line Item VetoLine Item Veto

Why would someone support it?

Duties of the VPDuties of the VP

What are the Constitutional duties of the Vice President?

How do we elect the How do we elect the Pres?Pres?

Electoral College

Term Limits and Term Limits and AmendmentsAmendments

22nd25th

ImpoundmentImpoundment

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Cabinet Secretaries Cabinet Secretaries Access to the Pres?Access to the Pres?

Who controls this?What are the different ways to organize them?

Growth of PrestigeGrowth of Prestige

Why has the power and prestige of the American presidency grown?

Prominence in international affairsNew Deal and other programsincreased visibility due to the mass media

Who does he rely on?Who does he rely on?

Who does he rely most heavily on?

Succession ActsSuccession Acts

Succession Act of 1886Succession Act of 194725th22nd

Presidential powers in Presidential powers in the Constitutionthe Constitution

Is Article II specific or broad?

War Powers ActWar Powers Act

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Budget Impoundment Budget Impoundment ActAct

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Qualifications for the Qualifications for the Presidency?Presidency?

35, 14 year resident, natural born

Reduction of PowerReduction of Power

How has Congress tried to reduce the power of the presidency?

US v NixonUS v Nixon

What did the Supreme Court say about Executive privilege?What did this case establish?

Independent Independent Regulatory Regulatory

CommissionsCommissions

What are the characteristics of these?quasi legislative and quasi judicial

GoreGore’’s Attempt to s Attempt to ReformReform

He was able to reduce the size a bit...but not as successful as one would like

Federal Reserve BoardFederal Reserve Board

What is this?Why has it grown in importance?

Pendleton ActPendleton Act

What was this? What did it do away with?

Iron TrianglesIron Triangles

Agency, Congressional Committee, Interest Group