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body of electors from the House of Representatives
electoral college
granted the District of Columbia three electors
23rd Amendment
a candidate who fails to win a majority of popular votes and yet wins the Presidency
minority President
the highest number of votes but less than the number of total votes
plurality
provides for the Vice president to succeed the President if the President should resign or die while in office
25th Amendment
electors will cast one ballot for president and the second ballot for vice president
12th Amendment
what are the five primary roles of the President
Chief of State
Chief Executive
Chief Legislator
Chief Diplomat
Commander in Chief
when does the presidential inauguration take place
January 20 at noon
most famous treaty to be sighned in recent times
START (Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty)
what's the most famous treaty that Congress refused to pass
Treaty of Versailles
the collection of behaviors and ceremonies that are observed by diplomats and heads of states
protocol
commands by the President which have the commands by the President which have force of law without Congress' approval
executive orders
the issues that will be considered and debated in Congress during the coming year
agenda
what organization is the most directly involved in assisting the President
Executive office of the President (EOP)
what is the highest level advisory body that keeps the President informed on military and diplomatic issues of national security
National Security Council (NSC)
what is the swapping of political support for a government job
patronage
the three types of organizations which make up the federal bureaucracy today
departments
independent agencies
government corporations
Which executive department has the largest budget
Health of Human Services
which executive department has the most employees
Defense
large, complex organization made up of appointed officials
bureaucracy
the ability to do the job
merit
a collection of legislative proposals aimed at providing socialist benefits such as government-financed pensions and health care
New Deal
the fifteen heads of the executive departments form for the President's
Cabinet
employees of executive department hired rather than appointed
career civil servants
agencies that tend to have a singe function and report directly to the President
independent executive agencies
agencies have been created by Congress to regulate some area of American life
independent regulatory agencies
what two agencies are within the executive department
Internal Revenue Service (IRS)
Occupational Safety and Health Administration(OSHA)
a public company that operates a quasi-business enterprise
government corporation
who creates the statutory laws
legislature department
first legal (statutory) publications
slip laws
a publication containing the slip laws
US. Statutes-at-Large
a publication of both the regulations being proposed and those being implemented by agencies
Federal Register
yearly publication that lists all the regulations issued that year as well as previous regulations still in effect
Code of Federal Regulations
(CFR)
a special group of judges who preside over informal, little-publicized cases arising out of agency decisions
administrative-law judge (ALJs)
what is it called when the government spends more money than received in a given time
deficit spending
the commission under the President Reagan that investigated federal spending
Grace Commission
Author
Rayna
ID
342452
Card Set
gov. 6-7
Description
ABeka Academy 12th grade history
Updated
2018-10-03T21:13:21Z
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