Chapter 12: The Presidency

rally around the flag effect

a spike in presidential popularity during international crises

signing statement

a statement a president issues with the intent to influence the way a specific bill the president signs should be enforced.

Impeachment

the act of charging a government official with serious wrongdoing, which in some cases may lead to the removal of that official from office.

Cabinet

A group of advisors to the president consisting of the most senior appointed officers of the executive branch who head the fifteen executive departments

Executive Order

A rule or order issued by the president without the cooperation of Congress and having the force of law

Executive Agreement

An international agreement between the president and another country made by the executive branch and without formal consent by the SEnate. A formal agreement with another country entered into by the president. Unlike a treaty, an executive agreement does not require Senate confirmation.

Office of Management and Budget

An office within the Executive Office of the President charged with producing the president's budget, overseeing its implementation, and overseeing the executive bureaucracy

Executive Office of the President (EOP)

The administrative organization that reports directly to the president and made up of important offices, units, and staff of the current president and headed by the White House chief of staff Establishment created in 1939 to assist the president in managing the executive branch bureaucracy. Includes the National Security Council (NSC), the Council of Economic Advisers (CEA) and the Office of Management and Budget (OMB).

Executive Privilege

The president's right to withhold information from Congress, the judiciary, or the public

Bully Pulpit

Theodore Roosevelt's notion of the presidencey as a platform from which the president could push an agenda. The White House is often called a "bully pulpit" because the high status of his office allows the president to persuasively advocate for an agenda.

Line Item Veto

a power created through law in 1996 and overturned by the Supreme Court in 1998 that allowed the president to veto specific aspects of bills passed by Congress while signing into law what remained The ability of the president to sign part of a bill while vetoing other parts.

going public

a term for when the president delivers a major television address in the hope that public pressure will result in legislators supporting the president on a major piece of legislation

King Caucus

an informal meeting held in the nineteenth century, sometimes called a congressional caucus, made up of legislators in the Congress who met to decide on presidential nominees for their respective parties