The Presidencey

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  1. 5. Assistant to the president
  2. 6. A veto taking place when Congress adjourns within 10 days of submitting a bill to the president, who simply lets it die by neither signing nor vetoing it
  3. 9. First lady who chose to focus on the one issue of mental health
  4. 12. There are about ______ people who work on the white house staff
  5. 13. A briefcase with the codes needed to unleash nuclear war
  6. 15. An official order or commission to do something
  7. 17. Succeeded to the presidency after JFK's assassination and then was elected during the following election
  8. 20. The distinction between the President's roles in domestic and foreign policy making
  9. 21. An organizational structure where every entity in the organization, except one, is subordinate to a single other entity
  10. 22. "Take care that laws be faithfully executed"
  11. 24. A three-member body appointed by the president to advise the president on economic policy
  12. 29. An office created to coordinate the president's foreign and military policy advisors
  13. 30. Deals with foreign policy, including treaty negotiations
  14. 32. Hardly past his first thousand days in office, he was assassinated in Dallas, Texas
  15. 33. Amendment that permits the Vice President to become acting president if both the Vice President and the President's cabinet determine that the President is disabled
  16. 35. Allows the president to veto particular portions of a bill
  17. 37. A legal case in which the Supreme Court of the United States ruled that the line-item veto was unconstitutional
  18. 38. The short period after a President is inaugurated when the opposition party refrains from attack, Congress is inclined to support some of the President's initiatives, and the President receives high public approval ratings
  19. 40. A senior white house official whose primary responsibility is to act as spokesperson for the government administration
  20. 41. Present information on the state of the union to Congress
  21. 42. Amendment that limits presidents to two terms in office
  22. 44. A term that became popular in the 1960s to describe the modern presidency of the United States
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  1. 1. The Constitutional power of the president to send a bill back to Congress with reasons for rejecting it
  2. 2. Requires presidents to consult with Congress whenever possible prior to using military force and to withdraw forces after 60 days unless Congress declares war or grants an extension
  3. 3. First lady who chose to focus on the one issue of literacy
  4. 4. Serves as commander in chief of the armed forces
  5. 7. Formed by the consolidation of the former Departments of the army and the navy
  6. 8. These occur when voters cast their ballots for congressional candidates of the president's party because they support the president
  7. 10. First lady who chose to focus on the one issue of drugs
  8. 11. The ability of Congress to override a presidential decision
  9. 14. Grant reprieves and pardons for federal offenses
  10. 16. Serves as the chief advisor to the president on national security issues
  11. 18. Consists of a handful of political appointees and hundreds of skilled professionals performing both managerial and budgetary functions
  12. 19. The last president to be able to use the line item veto
  13. 23. Political equivalent of an indictment in criminal law
  14. 25. First lady who chose to focus on the one issue of beautification
  15. 26. A group of presidential advisors not mentioned in the Constitution, although every president has had one
  16. 27. Carter and _________ have had the ost contrasting presidential management styles
  17. 28. A sudden, unpredictable, and potentially dangerous event requiring the president to play the role of crisis manager
  18. 31. Serves as the government's banker
  19. 34. Resigned under threat of impeachment due to the Watergate Scandal
  20. 36. An organizational structure where every entity is at an equal level within the organization
  21. 39. Succeeded to the presidency after Roosevelt died
  22. 43. Events and scandal surrounding a break-in at the Democratic National Committee headquarters and the subsequent cover up of White House involvement