Executive branch

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  1. 4. advisory council for president
  2. 5. powers that allow congress to carry out its expressed powers
  3. 7. pardon for a large group of law violators
  4. 9. amendment that sets the procedure for filling a vacancy in an office
  5. 14. a tax that imposes a higher percentage rate of taxation on persons with higher incomes
  6. 16. advises president on domestic and foreign military matters relating to national security
  7. 17. chief legal officer of a nation or state
  8. 19. head of white house staff
  9. 20. maximum term limit for presidents
  10. 23. the officials of the executive branch of the government and their policies and principles
  11. 24. person who is for some reason not welcome or wanted
  12. 26. taxes levied on all taxpayers, regardless of income or ability to pay.
  13. 29. president's privilege to keep information from congress and courts
  14. 31. power for president to issue executive orders
  15. 34. in parliamentary gov't a leader of executive branch
  16. 35. gov't departments, agencies, and offices
  17. 36. communication and relations between two countries
  18. 37. plans for dealing with a nation's problems
  19. 38. extra advantages or benefits
  20. 39. the system of employing and promoting civil servants who are friends and supporters of the group in power
  21. 41. agreement between US and other nations that has to be approved by 2/3 of senate
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  1. 1. money borrowed by the government over the years and not yet repaid
  2. 2. head of an executive department
  3. 3. executive office for EOP
  4. 6. 1883, an Act that created a federal civil service so that hiring and promotion would be based on merit rather than patronage
  5. 8. works for a department or agency in federal government
  6. 10. president's power to publicly forgive someone/free them from serving a sentence of a convicted crime
  7. 11. branch responsible for executing or enforcing laws
  8. 12. president's claim of broad public support
  9. 13. prepares federal budget each year
  10. 15. president's power to make a convicted person's sentence less
  11. 18. plans for guiding the nation's relationships with other countries
  12. 21. chief executive
  13. 22. rejecting a proposal made by a law-making body
  14. 25. first person to take office if president dies or is incapable
  15. 27. rules and regulations an executive branch employee should follow
  16. 28. first step in removal from a public office
  17. 30. taxes based on the payroll of a business
  18. 32. agencies that perform the task for which the organization exists
  19. 33. leniency and compassion shown toward offenders by a person or agency charged with administering justice
  20. 40. powers that are enumerated in the constitution