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Executive Powers

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cabinet
noun
advisory body to the president formed by heads of the executive departments
chief of staff
noun
head of the White House staff
cycle of decreasing influence
noun
propensity for presidents to lose support over time
cycle of increasing effectiveness
noun
inclination of presidents to learn more about performing their jobs over time
impeachment
noun
presentation of charges against an official and trial over them in the legislature
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inherent powers
powers the federal government holds but which aren't necessarily listed in the Constitution
line item veto
noun
President's power to remove specific items from a spending bill without vetoing the entire package
mandate
noun
command from a superior official to a lower one
office of management and budget
noun
executive staff agency that advises the President on the federal budget
override
verb (used with
final authority to overrule a bill
pocket veto
noun
when the president cancels a bill by not signing it within ten days of Congress' adjournment
rally point
noun
increasing public approval of the president after a crisis
senatorial courtesy
noun
practice of confirming presidential appointees approved by senators from the appointee's state
take care clause
noun
constitutional clause requiring presidents ensure laws are executed even if they disagree with them

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