6d Role & Powers of Executive Branch & President

Which branch plays a key role in the policy making process

• Legislative

• Executive

• Judicial

Presidential power is broad in both domestic and foreign affairs, but are there limits?

• Yes

• No

Ways the executive branch influences policy making

• Proposing legislation in an annual speech to Congress (State of the Union Address)

• Appealing directly to the people

• Approving or vetoing legislation

• Appointing officials who carry out the laws

All of the following interpret and execute the laws.

• Cabinet departments

• Senate

• agencies

• regulatory groups

• House of Representatives

Has the presidential power has grown in the years since the Constitution was ratified?

• Yes

• No

The president exercises power as

• chief of state

• chief executive

• chief legislator

• commander-in-chief

• Chief justice

The president exercises power as

• chief clerk

• chief diplomat

• chief of party

• chief citizen