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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 approval ratings | The percentage of survey respondents who say that they "approve" or "strongly approve" of the way the president is doing his job. |
| articles of impeachment | Charges brought against the president by the House of Representatives. (Trial is in the Senate). |
| balanced ticket | The selection of a running mate who brings diversity of ideology, geographic region, age, gender, race, or ethnicity to the slate. |
| cabinet | Group made up of the heads of the 15 executive departments that advises the U.S. president. |
| chief of staff | Among the most important staff members of the White House Office (WHO); serves as both an adviser to the president and the manager of the WHO. |
| emergency powers | Broad powers exercised by the president during times of national crisis. |
| executive agreement | An international agreement between the United States and other nations, not subject to Senate approval and only in effect during the administration of the president who negotiates the agreement. |
| Executive Office of the President (EOP) | The offices, counsels, and boards that help the president to carry out his day-to-day responsibilities. |
| executive order | A presidential directive that has the force of law, though it is not enacted by congress |
| executive privilege | The right of the chief executive and members of the administration to withhold information from Congress or the courts, or the right to refuse to appear before legislative or judicial bodies. |
| expressed powers | Presidential powers enumerated in the Constitution. |
| honeymoon period | A time early in a new president's administration characterized by optimistic approval by the public. |
| impeachment | The power of the House of Representatives to formally accuse the president (and other high-ranking officials, including the vice president and federal judges) of crimes. |
| inherent powers | Presidential powers that are implied in the Constitution. |
| line-item veto | The power of the president to strike out specific line items on an appropriations bill while allowing the rest of the bill to become law; declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court in 1997. |
| National Security Council (NSC) | Consisting of top foreign policy advisers and relevant cabinet officials, this is an arm of the Executive Office of the President that the president consults on matters of foreign policy and national security. |
| Office of Management and Budget (OMB) | The office that creates the president's annual budget. |
| press secretary | The president's spokesperson to the media. |
| rally 'round the flag effect | The peaks in presidential approval ratings during short term military action. |
| signing statement | A written message that the president issues upon signing a bill into law. |
| statutory powers | Powers explicitly granted to presidents by congressional action. |
| take care clause | The constitutional basis for inherent powers, which states that the president "shall take Care that the Laws be faithfully executed." |
| Watergate | During the Nixon administration, a scandal involving burglaries and the subsequent cover-up by high-level administration officials. |
| White House counsel | The president's lawyer. |
| White House Office (WHO) | The office that develops policies and protects the president's legal and political interests. |
| Works Progress Administration (WPA) | A New Deal program that would employ 8.5 million people at a cost of more than $11 million between 1935 and 1943. |
| electoral mandate | the perception that an election victory signals broad support for the winner's proposed policies |
| State of the Union address | a yearly report by the president to Congress describing the nation's condition and recommending programs and policies |
| War Powers Resolution | A law passed in 1973 spelling out the conditions under which the president can commit troops without congressional approval. |
| Twenty-fifth amendment | Passed in 1951, this amendment permits the vice president to become acting president if both the vice president and the president's cabinet determine that the president is disabled. The amendment also outlines how a recuperated president can reclaim the job. |
| Twenty-second amendment | Passed in 1951, the amendment that limits presidents to two terms of office. |
| Council of Economic Advisors | established by Employment Act of 1946- advise the President on economic policy- 3 members, appointed by President and approved by Senate, |
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