American Politics Today - Essentials (3rd Ed)

291 c) unanimous consent d) seniority e) the president pro tempore S PRACTICE ONLINE “Critical Thinking ” exercise: Politics Is ...

The Presidency 10 292 ...

O NE OF THE CORE ELEMENTS OF PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA’S strategy to fi ght terrorist groups has been the increased use of drones—s ...

294 CHAPTER 10|THE PRESIDENCY These dissenting opinions refl ect the fact that the reliance on unmanned drones is actually a c ...

America’s Presidents As we consider the histories of America’s 44 presidents, three facts stand out. First, presidents get their ...

296 CHAPTER 10|THE PRESIDENCY Wilson further increased the government’s role in managing the economy through his support of th ...

THE PRESIDENT’S JOB DESCRIPTION| 297 The two presidents after Nixon, Republican Gerald Ford and Democrat Jimmy Carter, faced th ...

298 CHAPTER 10|THE PRESIDENCY Head of the Executive Branch The president’s job description begins with the list of constitutio ...

THE PRESIDENT AS HEAD OF THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH Answers: 1.d; 2.b POP QUIZ! The president has direct control over the cabinet depa ...

300 CHAPTER 10|THE PRESIDENCY The Senate approves the vast majority of the president’s nominees without much controversy, but ...

THE PRESIDENT’S JOB DESCRIPTION| 301 classifi ed information, declaring that if there is signifi cant doubt about the need to c ...

302 CHAPTER 10|THE PRESIDENCY deployments of troops to Iraq and Afghanistan also occurred without further con- gressional appr ...

THE PRESIDENT’S JOB DESCRIPTION| 303 ties only after negotiations have ended; there is no way for members of Congress to force ...

304 CHAPTER 10|THE PRESIDENCY LEGISLATIVE POWER The Constitution establishes lawmaking as a shared power between the presi- de ...

THE PRESIDENT’S JOB DESCRIPTION| 305 compromise between presidents and members of Congress—compromises that favor the president ...

306 CHAPTER 10|THE PRESIDENCY set dates for the beginning and end of legislative sessions well in advance, this power is irrel ...

THE LIMITS OF EXECUTIVE PRIVILEGE You Decide Deciding which information a president can be compelled to release to the public or ...

308 CHAPTER 10|THE PRESIDENCY is doing. On the other hand, the president and his staff need to be able to com- municate freely ...

THE PRESIDENT’S JOB DESCRIPTION| 309 selection. This process begins when a presidential candidate captures the party’s nominati ...

310 CHAPTER 10|THE PRESIDENCY as it would remind voters of unpopular proposals championed by Obama, such as health care reform ...