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POLS 110 1st Edition Lecture 22 Outline of Last Lecture I. Creating legislationII. Who starts it?III. The committee processIV. Presidential roles in the domestic sphereV. Presidential roles in the foreign policy sphereVI. Overlap in the President’s Domestic and Foreign Policy Roles: Chief Executive and Chief of StateVII. The President and the Executive BranchVIII. Presidential SuccessionIX. Sources of presidential powerX. The people as sources of presidential powerXI. The evolution of presidential powerXII. Women in the White HouseOutline of Current LectureI. Head of StateII. Head of Executive branchIII. Commander-in-chief IV. Primary legislatorV. Vetoes Current LectureI. Head of Statea. Every nation has some person who serves as the official representative of the nation for formal circumstancesb. In some nations, the Head of State is a separate position (Germany, France, Italy)These notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor’s lecture. GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes, not as a substitute.c. The formal duties of the president are many, and often take up a large portion of the president’s scheduled. Awarding medals, dedicating buildings, calling the Twins after they win the WorldSeries, etc. e. Most presidents don’t like, because their schedules are so busyII. Head of Executive brancha. Presidentb. The Ex. Branch consists of all of the government that is not directly under the control of congress or the courtsc. Most people who work for the government, work for the Ex. Branch, and are thus under the control of the president d. Currently 1.7 million people under control of the presidenti. Does not include Dept. of Defense; so only civilianse. Only limit is budget he has to work within (which is approved by Congress)f. He cannot do anything illegal (obviously)g. When president makes some rule, such as the deportation issue Obama just addressed, it only lasts as long as the president is in officeh. Other than this, president has a lot of flexibility III. Commander-in-chiefa. The president is the official head of the entire U.S. militaryb. The president has the final say on all military issues, including the deployment of troops and the use of nuclear weapons c. By definition, when swearing oath of loyalty to country and Constitution, military people are swearing loyalty to PresidentIV. Primary legislatora. The president often serves as the focus for legislationb. The agenda presented in the State of the Union address (required by the Constitution) often serves as the blueprint for the agenda in Congressi. President had to have involvement because legislation shifted to make them involved ii. Roosevelt changed State of Union from what HAPPENED to what needs to HAPPENV. Vetoesa. President has power to kill legislationb. Traditional veto: a list of objections the president has to a bill – this can be over-ridden by Congressc. A pocket veto: only occurs at the end of the Congressional sessioni. Much more common in horse and buggy days when president wouldn’t be back in White House to sign in time, etc. d. The line-item veto: the power to eliminate parts of a Bill without killing the entirebill i. Only applies to governorsii. WI governor used to be able to cross our letters, (ex: doesn’t could be changed to


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