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Section 1

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Divided government

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A government in which one party controls the White House and another party controls one or both houses of Congress

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Electoral college

Front

Consists of electors that represent each state by its number of senators and house representatives (538--270 at least to win) to elect the president; this system heightens the influence of states in national politics

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White House office

Front

Staff that completes day-to-day activities in the executive branch; the chief of staff is the most important, it doesn't carry out laws and are not confirmed by the senate

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25th Amendment

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Clarifies the succession to the president and establishes procedures both for filling a vacancy in the office of the Vice President as well as responding to Presidential disabilities; line of succession is: the Speaker of the House becomes President; next in line is President Pro Tempore of the Senate, then the Secretary of State, and other Cabinet members

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Independent agencies

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Agencies in the bureaucracy that typically do not have a specific law to carry out; they are independent of departments and are "out of the scope of legislation"

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Pocket veto

Front

An option the president can use when a bill comes to him; instead of passing or vetoing, he can do nothing and if 10 days pass and Congress has adjourned, it is not passed

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Pardon

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A president's act of forgiving a person that has committed a crime; ex. Pres. Ford gave Nixon a pardon for the Watergate Scandal

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Presidential succession

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If the President and Vice President die or leave office, the Speaker of the House becomes President; next in line is President Pro Tempore of the Senate, then the Secretary of State, and other Cabinet members; established by the 25th Amendment

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Executive agreement

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Agreements made with foreign nations by the executive branch that do not require the Senate's approval; have been used a lot in the past 20 years; they do not new approval but they only last while the president is in office

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Cabinet

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Includes the heads of the fourteen major executive departments and the Vice President; serves to advise the president

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Impeachment

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A formal accusation (not a conviction) against a public official by the lower house of a legislative body; only Johnson and Clinton were ever impeached but they were not convicted, the Senate failed to obtain the necessary ⅔ vote required for conviction

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22nd Amendment

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Amendment that limits a person to two terms when serving as president; ex. before this amendment, FDR served more than 2 terms

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Presidential coattails

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Occurs when people vote for congressional candidates with the same party as the president because they support the president; isn't normally a deciding factor in elections

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Executive Privilage

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The ability to keep secrets within the Bureaucracy (president); Pres. Nixon taped meetings, congress ordered him to turn them all in but Nixon won the case (US vs. Nixon)

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Executive order

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Clarifications made by the executive branch that do not require the Senate's approval; they clarify how laws should be carried out; ex. Don't Ask Don't Tell

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Lame Duck

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A politician who is still in office after having lost a reelection bid until the inauguration of the successor; for the time being he has little to no power; happens because of the 20th Amendment

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Line of succecssion

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If the President and Vice President die or leave office, the Speaker of the House becomes President; next in line is President Pro Tempore of the Senate, then the Secretary of State, and other Cabinet members

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Unified government

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A government in which the same party controls the White House and both houses of Congress; Clinton's presidency was the first time that this had ever occurred

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Impoundment of funds

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Occurs when the president refuses to use the money appropriated by Congress; there is no law that requires the president to spend the funds appropriated by congress; now the budget and the Impoundement Control Act of 1974 exists requiring the president to have to spend all appropriated funds

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Veto

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One of two ways for a president to disapprove a bill sent to him by Congress; calls for the president to actually deny the bill by sending the disapproval to Congress within ten days after the president receives the bill

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