Executive Branch Terms to Know
1. 12th Amendment
2. 20th Amendment
3. 22nd Amendment
4. 25th Amendment
5. Approval ratings
6. Bully Pulpit
7. Bureaucracy
8. Cabinet
9. Chief of Staff
10. Civil service (merit) system
11. Congressional Budget and Impoundment Act (1974)
12. Discretionary spending
13. Divided government
14. Electoral college
15. Executive agreement
16. Executive Office of the President (EOP)
17. Executive orders
18. Executive privilege
19. Expressed powers
20. Freedom of Information Act (1966)
21. Hatch Act (1933 and 1993)
22. Impeachment
23. Impoundment
24. Independent agencies
25. Independent regulatory agencies
26. Inherent power
27. Iron triangles or issue networks
28. Lame duck
29. National Security Council (NSC)
30. New Deal
31. Non-discretionary (mandatory, entitlement) spending
32. Patronage
33. Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act (1883)
34. Presidential honeymoon period
35. Presidential Succession Act of 1947
36. Red tape
37. Regulations
38. Rule of propinquity
39. Spoils system
40. Veto
41. War Powers Act (1973)
42. Whistle Blower Protection Act (1989)
Executive Branch Departments/Agencies
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Cabinet Departments
• Agriculture
• Commerce
• Defense
• Education
• Energy
• Health & Human Services
• Homeland Security
• Housing & Urban Development
• Interior
• Justice
• Labor
• State
• Transportation
• Treasury
• Veterans Affairs
Cabinet Level Departments:
• Environmental Protection Agency EPA
• Council of Economic Advisors
• Office of Management and Budget OMB
Independent Agencies or Commissions:
• Social Security Administration (SSA)
• Federal Reserve System (Fed)
• Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)
Not on vocabulary quiz but could be seen on test
• CPSC
• EEOC
• FAA
• FCC
• FDA
• FDIC
• FEMA
• FEC
• GPO
• NASA
• NLRB
• NSA
• NTSB
• OSHA
• Peace Corps
• SEC
• SSS
• TVA
• USPS
• VOA