AP GoPo Unit 2 Part 2: Interactions Among Branches - Executive

President's power to reject a bill passed by a legislature

• Veto

• Pocket Veto

• Signing Statement

• Executive Order

A rule or order issued by the president to the executive branch of the government and having the force of law.

• Veto

• Pocket Veto

• Signing Statement

• Executive Order

A bill fails to become law because the president did not sign it within ten days before Congress adjourns.

• Veto

• Pocket Veto

• Signing Statement

• Executive Order

A presidential document that reveals what the president thinks of a new law and how it ought to be enforced.

• Veto

• Pocket Veto

• Signing Statement

• Executive Order

The president's use of his prestige and visibility to guide or enthuse the American public.

• Public Opinion

• Executive Privilege

• Bully Pulpit

• Executive Order

Public feelings about the job the president is doing can impact the amount of influence a president has to move their agenda forward. President's popularity tends to decrease throughout a president's time in office.

• Public Opinion

• Executive Privilege

• Bully Pulpit

• Executive Order

A mini-bureaucracy created in 1939 to help the president oversee the executive branch bureaucracy, purpose is advisory, policy-making agencies responsive to individual presidents rather than to the executive branch.

• Executive Departments

• White House Staff

• Executive Office of the President (EOP)

• Executive Agencies

• Cabinet

A mini-bureaucracy created in 1939 to help the president oversee the executive branch bureaucracy, purpose is advisory, policy-making agencies responsive to individual presidents rather than to the executive branch.

• Cabinet

• White House Staff

• Executive Office of the President (EOP)

• Executive Agencies

The president's personal assistants and advisors, directly responsible to the President (personal assistants, aids, secretaries, legal counsel, etc.), do not have to be approved by the Senate.

• Cabinet

• White House Staff

• Executive Office of the President (EOP)

• Executive Agencies

Which of the following is NOT a qualification for the office of President of the United States?

• 35 years old

• Must have lived in the U.S. for 14 Years

• Natural Born Citizen

• College Educated