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- 5. Assistant to the president
- 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
- 9. First lady who chose to focus on the one issue of mental health
- 12. There are about ______ people who work on the white house staff
- 13. A briefcase with the codes needed to unleash nuclear war
- 15. An official order or commission to do something
- 17. Succeeded to the presidency after JFK's assassination and then was elected during the following election
- 20. The distinction between the President's roles in domestic and foreign policy making
- 21. An organizational structure where every entity in the organization, except one, is subordinate to a single other entity
- 22. "Take care that laws be faithfully executed"
- 24. A three-member body appointed by the president to advise the president on economic policy
- 29. An office created to coordinate the president's foreign and military policy advisors
- 30. Deals with foreign policy, including treaty negotiations
- 32. Hardly past his first thousand days in office, he was assassinated in Dallas, Texas
- 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
- 35. Allows the president to veto particular portions of a bill
- 37. A legal case in which the Supreme Court of the United States ruled that the line-item veto was unconstitutional
- 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
- 40. A senior white house official whose primary responsibility is to act as spokesperson for the government administration
- 41. Present information on the state of the union to Congress
- 42. Amendment that limits presidents to two terms in office
- 44. A term that became popular in the 1960s to describe the modern presidency of the United States
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- 1. The Constitutional power of the president to send a bill back to Congress with reasons for rejecting it
- 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. First lady who chose to focus on the one issue of literacy
- 4. Serves as commander in chief of the armed forces
- 7. Formed by the consolidation of the former Departments of the army and the navy
- 8. These occur when voters cast their ballots for congressional candidates of the president's party because they support the president
- 10. First lady who chose to focus on the one issue of drugs
- 11. The ability of Congress to override a presidential decision
- 14. Grant reprieves and pardons for federal offenses
- 16. Serves as the chief advisor to the president on national security issues
- 18. Consists of a handful of political appointees and hundreds of skilled professionals performing both managerial and budgetary functions
- 19. The last president to be able to use the line item veto
- 23. Political equivalent of an indictment in criminal law
- 25. First lady who chose to focus on the one issue of beautification
- 26. A group of presidential advisors not mentioned in the Constitution, although every president has had one
- 27. Carter and _________ have had the ost contrasting presidential management styles
- 28. A sudden, unpredictable, and potentially dangerous event requiring the president to play the role of crisis manager
- 31. Serves as the government's banker
- 34. Resigned under threat of impeachment due to the Watergate Scandal
- 36. An organizational structure where every entity is at an equal level within the organization
- 39. Succeeded to the presidency after Roosevelt died
- 43. Events and scandal surrounding a break-in at the Democratic National Committee headquarters and the subsequent cover up of White House involvement