Executive Branch

What is the role of the president that comes when executing or carrying out, the nation's laws?,

chief executive

What is the title commander and chief referring to when it pertains to the president?

Ordering the military around

Who sets the foreign policy in this country?

The president and whoever they allow to advise them

What are a nation's plans and procedures for dealing with other countries?

Foreign policy

How do we interact with other nations in foreign policy?

Trade, treaties, common enemies, and travel

What is that called when you interact with other countries?

diplomacy

What is the role the president plays when acting as the symbolic figurehead of the United State?

Both the policy leader and the face of the nation

What are the characteristics of the president's office?

35 years old, natural born citizen, live in the us for 14 years / 4 year terms, two term max, no more than 10 years / win through electoral college

What is a formal rule or regulation instructing executive branch officials on how to carry out their jobs?

Executive order

What is executive privilege and what is an example of it?

The power of the president to refuse to release information to congress or a court. Ability to classify or declassify any documents

What is diplomatic recognition?

the president's power to formally recognize the legitimacy of a foreign government

What powers does the president have over the military?

Complete power in wartime, and can be used to carry out covert missions in peace time. Has to have congressional approval to go to war.

What legislative power does the president have?

Veto or sign bills into law

What judicial powers does the president have?

Selecting federal judges

What is an act of clemency that releases a convicted criminal from having to fulfill a sentence?

reprieve

What is an act of clemency that grants a group of offenders a general pardon for offenses committed?

amnesty

What is an executive office that brings together the top military foreign affairs, and intelligence officials to coordinate U.S. national security?

, National security council

What is the council of economic advisers?

an executive office that provides the president with expert analysis of the economy

What is the bureaucracy?

any government or private-sector organization that has a clear formal structure, a division of labor, and a set of rules and procedures by which it operates

What is the practice by which government jobs were given out by the president as political rewards to people who supported that president's policies or election campaign?

Spoils system

What does it mean to have bipartisan support?

It is a very popular idea where both parties agree without much negotiation

What are independent agencies that are organized and run like businesses but are owned in whole or in part by the federal government?

Government corporations

What is a tax on someone's labor wages?

Income tax

What is a progressive tax?

The more you make the more you pay in percentage

What is a regressive tax?

The more you make the less you pay in percentage

What is a proportional tax?

Everyone pays the same percentage in taxes

What is a financial instrument by which a borrower agrees to pay back borrowed money plus interest at a future date?

, bond

What is the total amount of money that the government has borrowed and not repaid?

Federal dept

What is a type of government spending that is mandated by federal laws and is not subject to the annual budget process?

Mandatory spending

What is discretionary spending?

a type of government spending that is subject to the annual budget process

What is a financial policy that involves creating the federal budget and taxation laws?

Fiscal policy

What is monetary policy?

a financial policy that involves altering the amount of money in circulation and the interest rates at which money is borrowed

Describe the free market system and how presidents can be good vs bad economic presidents.

The market goes up and down with valleys and peaks. Good economic presidents have long peaks with short and quick valleys. While bad economic presidents have long valleys with short and quick peaks.