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A president’s use of
speeches and other public communications to appeal directly to
citizens about issues the president
would like the House and Senate to
act on. |
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| Presidential Approval Rating |
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Definition
The percentage of Americans who feel that the president is
doing a good job in office. |
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| Executive office of the President |
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Definition
The group of policy-related offices that serves as
support staff to the president. |
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Definition
The right
of the president to keep executive
branch conversations and cor-
respondence confidential from the
legislative and judicial branches. |
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Definition
An agreement between the executive branch and a foreign government, which
acts as a treaty but does not require
Senate approval. |
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Definition
Selection by the president of a person to be an ambassador or the head of
a department while the Senate is
not in session, thereby bypassing
Senate approval. Unless approved
by a subsequent Senate vote, recess
appointees serve only to the end of
the congressional term. |
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Definition
| One role of the president, through which he or she represents the country symbolically and politically. |
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Term
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Definition
The system of civil servants and political appointees
who implement congressional or
presidential decisions; also known
as the administrative state. |
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Definition
| Employees of bureaucratic agencies within the government. |
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Definition
| People selected by an elected leader, such as the president, to hold a government position. |
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Term
| Notice and comment procedure |
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Definition
A step in the rule-making process in
which proposed rules are published
in the Federal Register and made
available for debate by the general
public. |
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Term
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Definition
The sphere of a
court’s legal authority to hear and
decide cases. |
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