| line-item veto | power of the president to strike out specific line items on an appropriations bill while allowing the rest of the bill to become law; declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court in 1997
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| signing statement | a written message that the president issues upon signing a bill into law
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| executive agreement | international agreement between the United States and other nations, not subject to Senate approval and only in effect during the administration of the president who negotiates the agreement
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| balanced ticket | the selection of a running mate who brings diversity of ideology, geographic region, age, gender, race, or ethnicity to the slate
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| cabinet | the group of experts chosen by the president to serve as advisers on running the country
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| Executive Office of the President (EOP) | offices, counsils, and boards that help the president to carry out the day-to-day responsibilities of the office
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| White House Office (WHO) | the office that develops policies and protects the president's legal and political interests
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| chief of staff | among the most important staff members of the WHO; serves as both an adviser to the president and manager of the WHO
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| press secretary | the president's spokesperson to the media
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| White House counsel | the president's lawyer
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| National Security Council (NSC) | consisting of top foreign policy advisers and relevant cabinet officials, this is an arm of the EOP that the president consults on matters of foreign policy and national security
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| Office of Management and Budget (OMB) | office that creates the president's annual budget
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| expressed powers | presidential powers enumerated in the Constitution
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| take care clause | the constitutional basis for inherent powers, which states that the president "shall take Care that the Laws be faithfully executed"
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| inherent powers | presidential powers that are implied in the Constitution
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| statutory powers | powers explicitly granted to presidents by congressional action
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| executive order | power of the president to issue orders that carry the force of law
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| emergency powers | broad powers exercised by the president during times of national crisis
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| executive privilege | the right of the chief executive and members of the administration to withhold information from Congress or the courts, or the right to refuse to appear before legislative or judicial bodies
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| honeymoon period | a time early in a new president's administration characterized by optimistic approval by the public
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| approval ratings | the percentage of survey respondents who say that they "approve" or "strongly approve" of the way the president is doing his job
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| rally 'round the flag effect | peaks in presidential approval ratings during short-term military action
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| Works Progress Administration (WPA) | a New Deal program that employed 8.5 million people at a cost of more than $11 million between 1935 and 1943
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| Watergate | during the Nixon administration, a scandal involving burglaries and the subsequent cover-up by high-level administration officials
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| impeachment | the power of the House of Representatives to formally accuse the president (and other high-ranking officials, including the vice president and federal judges) of crimes
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| articles of impeachment | charges against the president during an impeachment
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