Unit 4: Executive Branch And The Federal Government

President; ceremonial head of government of US, symbol of all the people of the nation. Reigns and rules

The executive power- domestic of foreign affairs

Director of the huge executive branch of federal government, administration

Main architect of American foreign policy and the nation's chief spokesman to the rest of the world

In charge of nation's armed forces

Main architect of public policies

Acknowledge leader of the political party that controls executive branch

Representative of all the people

The scheme by which a presidential vacancy is filled. If something happens to the VICE PRESIDENT, the vice president takes office

Speaker of House and the president pro tem of the senate are next in line

Presidential candidate chooses a running mate who can strengthen his chance of being elected

A person elected by the voters to represent them in making a formal selection of the VP and President

Votes cast by electors in the Electoral College

Group of people chosen in each state and the district of Columbia every 4 years who make a formal selection of the President and the VP

An election in which the party (1) choose state party organization delegates to their party's national convention (2) express a preference for their party's presidential nomination

Meeting at which a party's delegates vote to pick their presidential and vice presidential candidates

A political party's formal statement of basic principles stands of major issues and objectives

Speech given at a party convention to set the tone for the convention and the campaign to come

Directive rule or regulation issued by a chief executive or subordinates, based upon constitutional or statutory authority and having the force of law

The exclusive power of a president to recognize foreign states

Mercy or leniency granted to an offender by a Chief Executive

Power of the President to issue executive order; originates from the Constitution and acts of congress

A president's cancellation of a specific dollar amounts (line items) from a congressional spending bill; instituted by a 1996 congressional act but struck down by 1998 supreme court decision

The power to reduce the length of a sentence or fine for a crime

A formal agreement between two or more sovereign states

An official postponement of the execution of a sentence

A blanket pardon offered to a group of law violators

A pact made by the president directly with the head of a foreign state; a binding international agreement with the force of law but which does not require senate consent

Release from the punishment or legal consequences of a crime by the president or a governor

A large complex administrative structure that handles the everyday business of an organization

The officials in the executive branch of a government and their policies and principles

An official in charge of a department of government

The head of the department of Justice

Additional agencies created to or by Congress located outside the Cabinet departments

A detailed financial document containing estimates of federal income and spending during the coming fiscal year

The 12 month period used by a government and the business world for its record-keeping, budgeting, revenue collecting and other financial management purposes

All matters not directly connected to foreign affairs

A nation's relationships with other countries

A group of policies made up of all the stands and actions that a nation takes in every aspect of its relationships with other countries; everything a nation's government says and does in world affairs

An official representative of the United States appointed by the President to represent the nation in matters of diplomacy

When an ambassador is not subject to the laws of the state to which they are accredited

Spying