American gov test 5

Veto 

Power to block proposed legislation from becoming a law 

Veto override 

Authority of Congress to enact a bill into law despite a president veto of a bill. IF two-thirds of the House and Senate vote to override a president’s veto, the bill becomes law

the Cabinet 

Heads of the fifteen major bureaucratic department within the executive branch  

executive order 

Rule or order issued by the president that has the force of lae 

Executive privilege 

The President’s right under certain circumstances to withhold information from congress, judiciary or the public  

executive agreements 

An agreement between the president and another country made without formal consent by the Senate  

impoundment 

Decision by a president to not spend money that has been appropriated by congress 

Caucus 

Meeting at which local members of a political party register their preference among candidates running for president or selected delegates to attend the party national convention  

Electoral College 

Term used as a shorthand for the system of electing the president. Each state has a number of electors equal to the number of seats a state has in the house and Senate  

faithless electors 

If an elector defies their party by not voting for the party nominee 

President’s power of removal 

May not be able to appoint key members of their administration without Senate confirmation but can demand the resignation or removal of cabinet officers, high ranking appointees and members of the presidential staff 

White House Staff 

Consists of their cloest and most trusted advisers 

Chief of Staff 

Considered the president closet advisor who generally control the president calendar, access to the president, manages the staff and advises in all of policy  

Impeachment 

The act of charging a government officials with serious wrongdoing 

Which chamber of Congress impeaches a president, and what must the vote count be? 

Majority vote in the House 

Which chamber of Congress decides whether to remove an impeached president, and what must the vote count be? 

Two-thirds of Senators vote to remove a president after the president has been impeached by the House  

Who is the only president to be impeached twice? 

Trump 

Has any president been impeached AND removed? 

No 

Who becomes president when a president is removed from office? 

VP 

Bureaucracy 

Name given to the full set of bureaucratic agencies within a government  

bureaucratic agency 

Government unit composed of unelected civic servants 

Cabinet Departments 

Fifteen major bureaucratic department, each consisting of a vast network of offices and agencies that are headed by secretaries  

Independent Executive Agencies 

Held accountable to the president but are independent from oversight by any cabinet department  

Independent Regulatory Agencies 

Type of independent executive agency that is charged with regulating an industry and that is not only not under the control or any cabinet department  

Government Corporations 

Agencies formed by the federal government to administer a quasi-business enterprise.