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Executive Branch key
ececutive branch key terms Ricky
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| appropiation | money that congress has allocatted to be spent |
| bureacracy | departments, agencies, bureaus, and commissions in the executive branch of government |
| executive agreement | an agreement between the president and the other head of state that, unlike a treaty, does not require senate consent |
| executive order | presidential rule or regulation that has the force of law |
| executive priviledge | the priviledge of a president and his staff to withhold their priviledged conversations from congress or the courts |
| impeachment | house action that formally charges an official with wrongdoing. conviction requires 2/3 vote from the senate |
| impoundment | refusal of a president to spend money that has been appropiated by congress |
| judicial restraint | philosophy that the courts should deer to elected lawmakers in setting policy, and should instead focus on interpreting law rather than making law |
| legislative oversight | ongoing process of congressional monitoring of the executive branch to ensure that the latter complies with the law |
| line item veto | power of most governors and president clinton for only a few years to delete or reduce funding in a bill on a line by line basis |
| merit system | system of hiring federal workers based upon competitive exams |
| patronage | power to appoint loyal party members of federal positions |
| pocket veto | presidential killing of a bill by inaction after congress adjourns |
| political appointees | those who have received residential appointments to office. contrast with civil service employees, who receive federal jobs by competitive exams |
| pork barrel | wasteful congressional spending e.g funding for a lawrence welk museum in North Dakota |
| reapportionments | reallocation of house seats to the states on the basis of changes in state populations as determined by the census |
| red tape | complex rules and procedures required by bureaucratic agencies |
| senatorial courtesy | tradition in which the president consults with the senators within a state in which an appointment is to be made |
| seniority system | tradition in which the senator from the majority party with the most years of service on a committee becomes the chairman of that committee |
| sunset laws | laws that automatically expire after a given time |
| whistleblower | an employee who exposes unethical or illegal conduct within the federal government or one of its contractors |
| writ of habeas corpus | court order that the authorities show cause for why they are holding a prisoner in custody. deters unlawful imprisonment. |
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