Which two features of the presidency have enabled presidents to claim leadership on national policy?

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the imperiled presidency

term used to describe an office too weak to meet the nation's need for executive leadership

a heroic presidency

an office that is the inspirational center of American politics

Relatively modest

Formal powers of the presidency are

True

True or false: Overtime, the presidency has become a powerful office

National leadership, statesmanship in foreign affairs, command in time of war, enforcement of the laws

What did the framers of the Constitution want from the presidency?

Article II

Which Article defines the president's powers?

Federalist No. 69

The paper in which Hamilton wrote that a surprise attack on the United States was the only justification for war by presidential action

Relatively general clauses

Unlike Congress's specifically enumerated powers, the president's powers are provided through

executive agreements

formal agreements that presidents make on their own with foreign nations, are as legally binding as treaties are

administrative authority

the power to execute laws

Veto and the ability to propose legislation to Congress

The president's legislative authority includes the ability to

National election and singular authority

Which two features of the presidency have enabled presidents to make use of changing demands on government to claim national policy leadership?

Andrew Jackson

Who was the first president to forcefully assert a broad claim to national policy leadership?

jealously guarded its constitutional authority over national policy

Throughout most of the nineteenth century, Congress

Whig theory

a theory that prevailed in the 19th century and held that the presidency was a limited or restrained office whose occupant was confined to expressly granted constitutional authority

James Buchanan

Name a Whig adhering president

Stewardship Theory

(T. Roosevelt) a theory that argues for a strong, assertive, presidential role with presidential authority limited only at points specifically prohibited by law

Increasingly more direct and democratic

The process of choosing a president has grown

curb the power of party bosses

Progressives created primary elections as a means to

indirect primary

In which voters choose delegates who in turn select presidential nominees

open party caucus

Meetings at which a party's candidates for nomination are voted on and that are open to all the party's rank-and-file voters who want to attend

momentum

A strong showing by a candidate in early presidential nominating contests, which leads to buildup of public support for the candidate

Iowa

The first primary election is in the state of

The Federal Election Campaign Act of 1974

provides for federal matching funds; the government matches the first $250 of each private donation received by a primary election candidate if the individual has at least $5000 in individual contributions in at least 20 states. There are limit expenditures.

270 votes

To win the presidency, a candidate must get this many votes from the electoral college

unit rule

The rule that grants all of a state's electoral votes to the candidate who receives the most popular votes in the state

Barack Obama

Which presidential nominee became the first major-party candidate to decline public funding?

True

True or False: The constitution assigns no executive authority to the vice president

Executive Office of the President (EOP)

The key staff organization created by Congress to provide the president with the staff necessary to coordinate the activities of the executive branch

White House Office (WHO)

A subunit of the Executive Office of the President, the White House Office is the core of the presidential staff system in that it includes the president's closest and most trusted personal advisors. Serves the president most directly.

cabinet

A group consisting of the heads of the executive (cabinet) departments, who are appointed by the president subject to confirmation by the Senate. The cabinet was once the main advisory body to the president, but it no longer plays this role.

Circumstance

Presidential influence and success can depend largely on

Because the use of the veto arises when Congress refuses to accept the president's ideas

Why is the veto also considered a weakness?

its constitutional authority to impeach and remove the president from office

What is Congress's ultimate sanction?

The House of Representatives decides whether the president should be impeached by majority vote, and the Senate holds a trial and then votes on the president's case

When removing a president from office, what do the House of Representatives and Senate do?

Budget Impoundment and Control Act of 1974

prohibits a president from indefinitely withholding funds that have been appropriated by Congress

The War Powers Act

This ambitious attempt to curb the president's power requires the president to consult with Congress whenever feasible before sending troops into combat and also requires the president to inform Congress within 48 hours of the reason for military action

heightened congressional opposition

In general, presidential attempts to circumvent congressional authority lead to

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