Across
- 6. Personal assistants to the president with offices in the White House; serve at the pleasure of the President and don’t need Senate confirmation
- 8. An implied presidential power that allows the president to refuse to disclose information regarding confidential conversations or national security to Congress or the judiciary
- 10. This allows the president to approve some provisions of a bill and disapprove others; ruled unconstitutional by the Supreme Court
- 11. Advises the President on matters of national safety
- 13. The formal body of presidential advisers who head the fifteen executive departments.
- 14. Group in the Executive Office that is the main source of information and advice for the President on the economy
- 17. The people chosen to cast each state’s votes in a presidential election.
- 20. Several subordinates, cabinet officers, and committees report directly to the president on different matters
- 21. Established procedures for filling vacancies in the office of president and vice president as well as providing procedures to deal with the disability of a president
- 23. The charismatic power of a president, which enables congressional candidates of the same party to ride into office on the strength of the president’s popularity
- 24. Established procedures for filling vacancies in the office of president and vice president as well as providing procedures to deal with the disability of a president
- 25. Executive agencies that report directly to the president and perform staff services for the president; top positions are filled by presidential nomination with Senate confirmation
- 26. Formal international agreements entered into by the president that do not require the advice and consent of the US Senate
- 29. The refusal of the president to spend money appropriated by Congress; limited in the Budget Reform Act of 1974
- 30. The formal, constitutional authority of the president to reject bills passed by both houses of Congress
- 31. An executive grant providing restoration of all rights and privileges of citizenship to a specific individual charged or convicted of a crime
Down
- 1. Agency whose major task to help the President coordinate legislative and budgetary proposals from the executive branch
- 2. One of two ways for a president to disapprove a bill passed by Congress; if the president does not sign the bill within 10 days of receiving it, and Congress has adjourned within that time, the bill does not become law
- 3. A politician whose power has been diminished because he or she is about to leave office
- 4. The president’s use of his prestige and visibility to guide or enthuse the American public
- 5. The inability of the government to act because rival parties control different parts of the government
- 7. Occasional written comments attached to a bill signed by the president
- 9. Law which required the President to inform Congress of any commitment of American troops abroad within 48 hours, troops can remain for 60 days before Congress votes. If Congress rejects the troops staying, they must return home in 30 days
- 12. Case which ruled that executive privilege was not unqualified
- 15. Argues for a strong, singular executive to ensure effective governance
- 16. A president’s subordinates report to him through a clear chain of command headed by a chief of staff
- 18. A situation where the same political party controls the executive branch and both houses of the legislature
- 19. Several of the president’s assistants report directly to him
- 22. A government in which one party controls the presidency and a different party controls one or both houses of Congress
- 27. Rule or regulation issued by the president that has the effect of law
- 28. The power delegated to the House of Representatives to charge the president, vice president or other “civil officers,” including federal judges, with treason, bribery, or other high crimes or misdemeanors. This is the first step in the process of removing government officials from office