The Presidency
part 2
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The President
4 Presidents have won the Nobel Peace Prize:
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The Vice President
The Constitution states:
The Vice President of the
United States shall be
President of the Senate,
but shall have no Vote,
unless they be equally divided.
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The Vice President
Traditionally just “waits” for things to do
or for the President to die
First VP for FDR is often quoted
as saying the Vice-Presidency
“is not worth a bucket of warm spit”
but he did not actually use
the word “spit”
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The Vice President
But recent presidents have given their VPs
important jobs and their power has grown
And probably the most powerful VP of all time . . . ?
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Is the Vice-President part of the Executive
branch or part of the Legislative branch?
When asked for documents related to meetings
held with an “Energy Task Force”, VP Cheney said
he did not have to produce them because of
“executive privilege” (the right of the executive
branch to maintain privacy in sensitive areas)
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The President
Is the Vice-President part of the Executive
branch or part of the Legislative branch?
When asked for documents related to
government records of the executive branch
for the sake of history,
Cheney said the Vice-President’s office was part of
the Legislative branch, not the Executive,
therefore he did not have to share.
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Which Vice-President won the Nobel Peace Prize?
The favorite of climate change deniers . . .
Albert Gore, Jr.
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The Cabinet
Presidential advisors, not in the Constitution
Congress must give approval for the creation of a
new cabinet level department
Currently made up of 14 cabinet secretaries and one
Attorney General, confirmed by the Senate
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Which of the following cabinet level
departments manages the nation’s natural
resources?
A.
B.
C.
D.
State
Energy
Agriculture
Interior
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The President
Which of the following cabinet level
departments manages the nation’s natural
resources?
A.
B.
C.
D. Interior
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Which of the following cabinet level
departments aids businesses and conducts the
U.S. census?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Justice
Labor
Commerce
Treasury
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The President
Which of the following cabinet level
departments aids businesses and conducts the
U.S. census?
A.
B.
C. Commerce
D.
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Which of the following cabinet level
departments makes foreign policy and
negotiates treaties?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Justice
State
Homeland Security
Defense
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The President
Which of the following cabinet level
departments makes foreign policy and
negotiates treaties?
A.
B. State
C.
D.
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Who was the 1st Secretary of State? And now?
Thomas Jefferson
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Which of the following cabinet level
departments serves as the government’s banker
and is critical in forming economic policies?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Economics
Commerce
Banking
Treasury
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The President
Which of the following cabinet level
departments serves as the government’s banker
and is critical in forming economic policies?
A.
B.
C.
D. Treasury
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Who was the 1st Secretary of Treasury? Now?
Alexander Hamilton
Timothy
Geithner
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The President
Which of the following cabinet level
departments runs programs that focus on the
workers of the nation?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Health & Human Services
Commerce
Workers
Labor
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The President
Which of the following cabinet level
departments runs programs that focus on the
workers of the nation?
A.
B.
C.
D. Labor
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The 1st female Cabinet member was a Secretary
of Labor . . . appointed by FDR in 1933 . . .
Frances Perkins
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The White House Staff
Chief aides and staff for the president;
some are more for the White House
than the president
Presidents rely on their information
and effort but presidents set tone and
style of White House
William Daley
Chief of Staff
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The First Lady
No official government position,
but many get involved politically.
Recent ones focus on a single issue;
Hillary Clinton and health care,
Michelle Obama and nutrition.
Michelle Obama
Princeton
Harvard Law
Lawyer
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The Executive Office
National Security Council (NSC)
Created in 1947 to coordinate the president’s foreign and military
policy advisers
Members include the president, vice president, secretary of state
and defense, and managed by the president’s national security
adviser
Council of Economic Advisers (CEA)
A three-member body appointed by the president to advise on
economic policy
Office of Management and Budget (OMB)
Performs both managerial and budgetary functions, including
legislative review and budgetary assessments of proposals
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