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One party controls the white house and the other part controls one of the two chambers in congress
Gridlock: Its harder to pass legislation |
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Same party controls the White house and congress
Ideology: same in white house and congress?
If you do, it will be very easy to get legislation through |
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| a president runs on a clear platform and wins a large victory |
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□ President
□ Chief of staff
□ Advisors
□ Pro's: organized
□ Cons: the chief of staff is the liaison and gets to filter what is said to the president. The president is also isolated |
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□ The president is the hub, surrounded by advisors
□ Pro: president hears from everyone and he acts as the filter
□ Cons: information overload. It can be very confusing with no one to filter. Can promote conflicts between staff members |
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□ Form task force and informal groups
□ Pro: flexible: information from nonstandard sources
□ Con: bypasses gov't officials. Can be confusing. |
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| A president does not sign or veto the bill, and congress adjourns during the ten day period |
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○ The president picks a part of the bill he doesn’t like and won't sign off on that part
unconstitutional |
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Privacy claim for communications between president and aides
ruled not absolute |
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house votes for impeachment
senate conducts trial
need a 2/3 vote |
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| the VP becomesthe acting president |
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| Order of Presidential Succession |
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President
VP
Speaker
President Pro-Temp
Secretary of State |
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| powers given to the president as chief diplomat |
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| these are not specifically stated |
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| these are the powers of the people |
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| these powers are written in the constitution |
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