American Government and Politics Today, Brief Edition, 2014-2015

236 PART THREE • insTiTuTions of AmERiCAn GovERnmEnT Executive Order A rule or regulation issued by the president that has the e ...

CHAPTER TEn • THE PREsidEnCy 237 Signing Statement A written declaration that the president may make when signing a bill into la ...

238 PART THREE • insTiTuTions of AmERiCAn GovERnmEnT Cabinet An advisory group selected by the president to aid in making decisi ...

CHAPTER TEn • THE PREsidEnCy 239 Kitchen Cabinet The informal advisers to the president. Executive Office of the President (EOP) ...

240 PART THREE • insTiTuTions of AmERiCAn GovERnmEnT White House Office The personal office of the president, which tends to pre ...

CHAPTER TEn • THE PREsidEnCy 241 Office of Management and Budget (OMB) A division of the Executive Office of the President. The ...

242 PART THREE • insTiTuTions of AmERiCAn GovERnmEnT Twenty-fifth Amendment A 1967 amendment to the Constitution that establishe ...

CHAPTER TEn • THE PREsidEnCy 243 president resumes normal duties. If a dispute arises over the return of the president’s abil- i ...

244 PART THREE • insTiTuTions of AmERiCAn GovERnmEnT When it comes to caring about the presidency, most people do not need much ...

CHAPTER TEn • THE PREsidEnCy 245 advice and consent 229 appointment power 227 cabinet 238 chief diplomat 229 chief executive 227 ...

246 PART THREE • insTiTuTions of AmERiCAn GovERnmEnT testyourself LO1 Identify the types of people who typically undertake serio ...

247 Faceless bureaucrats—this image provokes a negative reac- tion from many, if not most, Americans. Polls consistently report ...

248 PART ThRee • InsTITuTIons oF AmeRIcAn GoveRnmenT Bureaucracy A large organization that is structured hierarchically to carry ...

chAPTeR eleven • The BuReAucRAcy 249 a word, underwhelming. Presidents generally have been powerless to affect significantly the ...

250 PART ThRee • InsTITuTIons oF AmeRIcAn GoveRnmenT employment actually fell, in large part because of the elimination of reven ...

chAPTeR eleven • The BuReAucRAcy 251 Cabinet Department One of the fifteen major departments of the executive branch. Line Organ ...

252 PART ThRee • InsTITuTIons oF AmeRIcAn GoveRnmenT example—Congress decides where it will be located in the bureaucracy. In re ...

chAPTeR eleven • The BuReAucRAcy 253 Independent Regulatory Agency An agency outside the major executive departments charged wit ...

254 PART ThRee • InsTITuTIons oF AmeRIcAn GoveRnmenT form of government control over the rapidly growing business and industrial ...

chAPTeR eleven • The BuReAucRAcy 255 to carry out specific laws in the public interest. Regulatory agencies and commissions actu ...