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- 3. service People who work in the federal bureaucracy make up the ____ _____
- 4. Independent agencies are ____ part of any of the executive departments
- 8. The heads of the departments meet with the President and other advisors in a group called the ______
- 11. The President shares treaty-making and other powers with _____
- 12. center The White House Office is the ____ ____ of the Executive Office of the President
- 13. primaries Most states hold ____ ____ to determine convention delegates
- 16. This was a serious problem until reformers began to reshape the civil service in the 1880s
- 18. Some states select ___ through the caucus convention process
- 19. 2 This created the presidency and gives the President certain expressed powers
- 21. The Constitution provides the _____ of power should the President become disabled
- 22. The president ____ how often the Cabinet meets
- 25. Certain ____ powers may be carried out without the approval of Congress
- 27. The President has ____ major roles which are exercised simultaneously
- 28. buraucracy Is a large, highly organized group that carries out the work of the Federal Government
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- 1. The president _____ his nominees to lead the executive departments, subject to approval by the Senate
- 2. Each of the __ executive departments manages federal policy in a broad field of activity, such as education, labor or defense
- 5. plan The proposal for choosing presidential electors by which two electors would be selected in each State according to the Statewide popular vote and the other electors would be selected separately in each of the State's congressional districts
- 6. powers with which the President can show mercy to those convicted of federal crimes
- 7. Today, the vast majority of federal employees are hired and promoted on the basis of ___ , not party membership
- 9. Early on, the ___ system infected the civil service
- 10. The President's ____ legislative powers are to submit legislation for Congress to consider and to reject legislation that he opposes
- 11. This outlines the formal qualifications for the presidency
- 14. Gives agencies some freedom from political pressure
- 15. Created the electoral college for choosing the President and Vice President
- 17. The Constitution provides for an orderly succession of ____ if the President dies or leaves office
- 20. Presidents are limited to ____ four year terms
- 23. As _____ in chief of the armed forces, the President possesses almost unlimited military power
- 24. bonus plan The proposal for electing a President by which the winner of the popular vote would recieve a bonus of 102 electoral votes in addition to his or her State-based electoral college votes
- 26. A political party's formal statement of basic principles