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electoral college

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citizens choose electors pledged to vote for a particular party's candidate. when deadlocked, senate votes for vice president, house votes for president. (one vote per state)

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mandate theory of elections

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idea that the winning candidate has a mandate from the people to carry out his or her platforms and politics

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congressional oversight

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the process of reviewing the operations of an agency to determine whether it is carrying out policies as congress intended

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lame duck period

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occurs whenever Congress meets after its successor is elected, but before the successor's term begins

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congressional budget and impoundment control act

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created standing budget committees in both the House and the Senate, established the Congressional Budget Office, and moved the beginning of the fiscal year from July 1 to October 1

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party identification

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the political party with which an individual identifies. (based on social groups)

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white house staff members

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president's personal staff: chief of staff, national security advisor, legal counsel, council of economic advisors, press secretary

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executive privilege

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the privilege of withholding information in the public interest

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constituencies

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a body of voters in a specified area who elect a representative to a legislative body

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sources of presidential power

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constitution, inherent powers, bully pulpit (media attention), precedent, popularity (if popular)

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campaigning

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swing states have more influence on the election than large states

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divided government

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when one party controls the White House and another party controls one or both houses of Congress

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pardoning federal crimes

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power granted to the president by the constitution, cannot be checked by other branches

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constitutional roles and powers

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chief executive, commander-in-chief, cannot declare war

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separation of powers

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constitutional authority is shared by three different branches of government

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monetary policy

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process by which the monetary authority of a country controls either the cost of very short-term borrowing or the monetary base (often targeting an inflation rate or interest rate to ensure price stability and general trust in the currency)

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checks and balances of and on the president

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of: veto, pocket veto, appointments, pardons on: veto override, confirmations, approval of treaties, impeachment

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watergate

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major political scandal that occurred in the United States during the early 1970s, following a break-in by five men at the Democratic National Committee headquarters at the Watergate office complex in Washington, D.C. on June 17, 1972, and President Richard Nixon's administration's subsequent attempt to cover up its involvement

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recess appointment

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when a person is chosen by the president to fill a position while the senate is not in session, thereby bypassing senate approval

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22nd amendment

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two term limit

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line item veto

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used by governors of states, meant to control spending, presidential line-item veto struck down Clinton v. City of New York 1998

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vice president

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cast a vote in the event of a Senate deadlock and to preside over and certify the official vote count of the Electoral College

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white house office staff

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loyal to president's party

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federal reserve board

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appointed by the president to a term (cannot be fired), control monetary policy

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coattails

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tendency for a popular political party leader to attract votes for other candidates of the same party in an election

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wars powers resolution

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federal law intended to check the president's power to commit the United States to an armed conflict without the consent of the U.S. Congress (president deploy troops and inform congress within 48 hrs, congress must approve within 60 days or troops must be withdrawn within 30 days)

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25th amendment

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when president is vacant, the VP is first to become president. when VP is vacant, the president appoints a new VP who must be confirmed by a majority vote of congress. the VP and majority of both houses decide whether the president is incapacitated, if he is VP takes over.

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cabinet

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has split loyalties, members must run their departments (split jobs)

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elections of president

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plurality of electoral votes

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departments and agencies

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often have their own political support, have technical information that politicians lack, bureaucratic's loyalty to their agencies and departments, influence of congress, bureaucrats are hard to fire

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appointees of the president

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cabinet (secretary of..., attorney general), ambassadors, federal judges

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clinton v city of new york

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ruled that the line-item veto as granted in the Line Item Veto Act of 1996 violated the Presentment Clause of the United States Constitution because it impermissibly gave the President of the United States the power to unilaterally amend or repeal parts of statutes that had been duly passed by the United States Congress

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executive order

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a rule or order issued by the president to an executive branch of the government and having the force of law

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us v nixon

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ordered him to deliver tape recordings and other materials summoned to a federal district court, he asserted that he was immune from the subpoena claiming "executive privilege," court then granted that there was a limit to executive privilege in areas of military or diplomatic affairs

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executive agreement

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an international agreement made by the executive branch of the US government without ratification by the Senate

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