32207 Agenda

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• 3/22/07 Agenda
• Period 3 Only Finish voting on legislation
• President Veto any legislation?
• Check Reading notes pp. 416-426
• Quiz on reading 416-426
• Lecture Notes The Executive Branch
• Assign Homework The Bureaucracy
• Time left Continue Documentary Iraq for Sale

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• Get out a half sheet of paper. Thank you!
• Title the paper Quiz pp. 416-426 and put your
  heading in the upper right corner. Thanks!
• Number your paper 1-4

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• 1) One of the reasons bureaucrats dont usually
  sabotage their political bosses is that
• A) They never express their opinions
• B) Their jobs usually dont involve expressing
  their opinion
• C) They would be fired if they did
• D) None of the above

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• 2) A legislative grant of money to finance a
  government program or agency is called a(n)
  _____________.
• A) Trust fund
• B) Legislative veto
• C) Committee Clearance
• D) Appropriation

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• 3) Congress can control bureaucracies by using
  their __________ power.
• A) Oversight
• B) Intimidation
• C) Smack-down
• D) Criticizing

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• 4) In a bureaucracy, hiring a person that has
  already been identified for that job is called a
  
• A) Special selection
• B) Name request job
• C) The nepotism method
• D) dishonest employee

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• Please open your Interactive Notebooks to page
  91. Thank you!
• Title the page The Executive Branch and put your
  heading in the upper right corner.

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Powers of the President

• power found in ambiguous clauses of the
  Constitution
• Greatest source of power lies in politics and
  public opinion

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The Power to Persuade

• Presidents transform popularity into
  congressional support
• Presidential coattails have had a declining
  effect
• Popularity is affected by factors beyond anyones
  control. (September 11th attacks)

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White House Office

• Rule of propinquity power wielded by people who
  are in the room when a decision is made
• Pyramid structure most assistants report through
  hierarchy to chief of staff, who then reports to
  president
• Eisenhower, Nixon, Reagan, Bush, Clinton (late in
  his administration)

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White House Office

• Circular structure cabinet secretaries and
  assistants report directly to the president
• Carter

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The Cabinet

• Not mentioned in Constitution
• Presidents have many appointments to make
• Cabinet members become advocates for their
  departments, not the president

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The Presidential Character (Barber)

• Active Positive
• Passive Positive
• Active Negative
• Passive Negative

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The Veto Power

• Veto message sent within ten days of the bills
  passage
• Pocket veto (only before Congress adjourns at the
  end of its second session)
• Congress rarely overrides vetoes
• President does not hold line-item veto power

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The Presidents Program

• Resources include interest groups, advisers, and
  bureaucracies
• Constraints include public and congressional
  reactions, limited time and attention, and
  unexpected crises

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The Vice President

• The vice president presides over Senate and votes
  in case of tie
• V.P. is the President Pro Tempore of the Seante.

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The 25th Amendment (1967)

• Vice President is acting president if president
  is disabled
• The new vice president must be confirmed by a
  majority vote of both houses

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Impeachment

• Indictment by the House, conviction by the Senate
• Presidential examples Andrew Johnson, Richard
  Nixon (pre-empted by resignation), Bill Clinton
• Neither Johnson nor Clinton was convicted by the
  Senate

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Constraints on the President

• Both the president and the Congress are more
  constrained today due to
• Complexity of issues
• Scrutiny of the media
• Greater number and power of interest groups

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• Homework
• The Bureaucracy
• Read pages 426-433 in the textbook
• Take at least 1page of notes on page 93 of your
  Interactive Notebook. (94 is overflow)
• Read pp. 438-451. Take 2 pages of notes on pages
  95-96 of IN. (97 is overflow)
• Title the notes The Judiciary
• Due Tuesday!