Chapter 10. The Presidency | Housel's Guide

As a means of managing the gigantic executive branch, presidents have increasingly come to rely upon the ________.

Executive Office of the President

The ________ is the informal designation for the heads of the major federal government departments

Executive Office of the President

The president's delegated powers come from ________. a. the Constitution

Congress

________ powers are specifically established by the language of the Constitution

Expressed

An executive order is

a rule or regulation issued unilaterally by the president that has the status of a law.

A signing statement is a(n)

announcement the president makes about his or her interpretation of a congressional enactment he or she is signing into law.

When the president infers powers from the "rights, duties, and obligations" of the presidency, these are called ________ powers

delegated

Executive agreements differ from formal treaties in that they

do not have to be approved by the Senate.

In order to get around the need for Senate approval of treaties, many contemporary presidents have made use of ________ in foreign affairs.

executive agreements

The Office of Management and Budget is important because

its personnel are an integral part of virtually every conceivable presidential responsibility, such as overseeing regulatory proposals, reporting on agency activities, and preparing the national budget.

An informal group of advisers to the president is often called the ________.

kitchen cabinet

The ________ asserted that the president could send American troops into action abroad only in the event of a declaration of war or other statutory authorization by Congress, or if American troops were attacked or directly endangered.

the War Powers Resolution of 1973

Which of the following has caused an increase in the president's delegated powers?

the increasing scope and complexity of legislation

What did the framers mean to accomplish by indirect election of the president?

to make the president responsible to state and national legislatures

What is required for Congress to override a presidential veto

two-thirds of both houses of Congress