Executive Powers

Vetoes, Signing Statements, Executive Orders and presidential proclamations

Average % of vetoes overturned

8%

If congress goes into recess during the __ days without the president’s signature this is called a….

• 10

• pocket veto

Which veto is impossible to overturn?

The pocket veto

What was known as the ‘pork-busting tool’?

Line Item Veto

What struck the line-item veto down?

Clinton v NYC (1998)

What has replaced the line item veto?

Signing Statements

______ ______ are directions the president gives to the executive to not enforce certain parts of a bill.

Signing Statements

Obama used an executive order to restrict federal funding for _____ in return for who’s _____ support for the ACA (2010)

• abortion

• Bart Stupack

Last use of the pocket veto

• Clinton

• 2000

Requirements for congress to overturn a presidential veto:

• 2/3 of house

• 2/3 of senate

How many vetoes did Biden use?

13

How many of Biden’s vetoes were overridden?

0

how many vetoes did FDR use?

635

Trump vetoed the ‘Removal of unauthorised US forces against ____ and ____’ in 2019, strengthening executive power

• Iran

• Yemen

How many EOs did FRD sign?

3,700

How many EOs did Biden sign?

160

What proportion of Biden’s Executive Orders have been revoked by Trump?

41%

How did Trump describe the ruling that upheld his 2017 Muslim travel ban?

Tremendous

Who did Trump fire after they objected to his 2017 Muslim Travel ban?

• Attorney General

• Sally Yates

Which supreme court ruling struck down Biden’s vaccine mandate?

NFIB v Department of Labour

Which supreme court ruling meant that DAPA didn’t have to be implemented by states?

Texas v US (2016)

Which presidential proclamation did Bush use in 2001?

Declared a state of emergency by reason of Terrorist Attacks