Study Guide 3 POLS 206 Fall 11 Chapter 8 Cabinet a presidential advisory group selected by the president made up of the VP heads of the federal executive departments other high officials who the president elects Constitutional powers powers given to the president by the Constitution Chief of Staff James Baker the person who oversees the operations of all white house staff and controls access to the president very close friend to George H W Bush his chief of staff Council of Economic Advisors organization within the EOP that advises the president on economic matters Divided government political rule split between 2 parties 1 controlling the white house and the other one or both controlling houses of congress Executive agreements presidential arrangements with other countries that create foreign policy without the need for senate approval Executive Office of the President collection of 9 organizations that help the president with policy and political objectives Executive orders clarifications of congressional policy issued by the president and having the full force of law Going public a president s strategy of appealing to the public on an issue expecting that public pressure will be brought to bear on other political actors Honeymoon period the time following an election when a president s popularity is high and congressional relations are likely to be productive Inherent powers presidential powers implied but not explicitly stated in the Constitution Mondale Model 1st VP to have an office in the white house active VP brought on a new role for VP s National Security Council NSC organization within the EOP that provides foreign policy advice to the president Office of Management and Budget OMB organization within the EOP that oversees the budgets of departments and agencies Power to persuade a president s ability to convince Congress other political actors and the public to cooperate with the administration s agenda Presidential style image projected by the president that represents how he would like to be perceived at home and abroad Presidential veto a president s authority to reject a bill passed by Congress may be overridden only by 2 3 s majority in each house Senatorial courtesy tradition of granting senior senators of the president s party considerable power over federal judicial appointments in their home states Presidential warmaking22nd Amendment president can only serve 2 4 year terms State of the Union Address a speech given annually by the president to a joint session of Congress and to the nation announcing the president s agenda Vice presidency VP ticket balancer presides over Senate VP abused child syndromeVP Dick CheneyWhite House Office the approximately 400 employees within the EOP who work most closely and directly with the president IM 11 1 25 Amendment if the president is removed or dies the VP takes office if there is a vacancy in the VP the president nominates a new VP and congress confirms Chapter 9 Agency capture process whereby regulatory agencies come to be protective of and influenced by the industries they were established to regulate Clientele groups groups of citizens whose interests are affected by an agency or a department and who work to influence its policies Congressional oversight efforts by congress especially through committees to monitor agency rule making enforcement and implementation of congressional policies Federal Register publication containing all federal regulations and notifications of regulatory agency hearing Freedom of Information Act FOIA 1966 law that allows citizens to obtain copies of most public records Hatch Act 1939 law limiting the political involvement of civil servants in order to protect them from political pressure and keep politics out of the bureaucracy Iron triangles the phenomenon of a clientele group congressional committee and bureaucratic agency cooperating to make mutually beneficial policy Patronage system in which a successful candidate rewards friends contributors and party loyalists for their support with jobs contracts and favors Pendleton Act 1883 civil service reform that required the hiring and promoting of civil servants to be based on merit not patronage Spoils System the 19 century practice of firing government workers of a defeated party and replacing them with loyalists of the victorious party Sunshine laws legislation opening the process of bureaucratic policymaking to the public Whistleblowers individuals who publicize instances of fraud corruption or other wrongdoing in the bureaucracy Chapter 10 TBA IM 11 2