Executive Branch

Executive Branch

Executive Branch basics • Article 2 Section 2 p. 64 • Enforce laws • Requirements p. 63 • Why? • Term • 22nd Amendment

Similarities of most Presidents • White • Male • Protestant • English ancestry • Married to 1st wife • College • Wealthy • Lawyers • Military • From states with large population • related

Presidential benefits • $400,000/year • In addition • $50,000/yr for expenses • $100,000/yr for travel expenses • $19,000/yr entertainment purposes • White House • Air Force One • Marine One • Secret Service • Large staff • Camp David

Vice President • Qualifications? • President of Senate • President & VP must be from different states • Terms • No limit

VP Benefits • $230,000/yr • In addition • $10,000/yr for other expenses • Air Force 2 • Marine 2 • Secret Service protection • staff

Succession • 25th Amendment (1967) • Order of Succession • VP • Speaker of House • President Pro Tempore • Secretary of State • Secretary of Treasury • Secretary of Defense • Attorney General • Rest of Cabinet…

Review • 1. What purpose does the 14 years of living in the US serve for a President? • 2. Why does the President have to be a native born citizen? • 3. What is the only actual job of the VP, according to the Constitution? • 4. Why does the VP have the same job requirements as the President? • 5. Why does the cabinet order of succession go state, treasury, defense…?

Executive Powers and Roles • Directions: draw a wagon wheel on a blank sheet of paper. Label the middle “Executive Powers and Roles”. Along the outside of the wheel, label each section one of the following: • 1. Chief Executive • 2. Chief Diplomat • 3. Commander in Chief • 4. Legislative Leader • 5. Economic Leader • 6. Judicial Leader • 7. Party Leader • 8. Chief of State • Next to the labels on the outside of the wheel, draw a picture representing that particular power. • In the section, outline the details of what that role includes • USE TEXTBOOK • P. 164-166 • P. 62-64 • OR POD

Chief Executive • Enforce laws • Executive Orders • Appointing officials-cabinet, heads of agencies, ambassadors, judges

Chief Diplomat • Foreign policy • Ambassadors • Treaties • Executive agreements

Commander in Chief • War Powers Act (1973) • Congress must be informed when troop sent into battle • Must bring troops home within 60 days unless Congress gives permission

Legislative Leader • Influences by • State of Union Address • Phone calls to Congressmen • Invitations to White house • Offers to veto/not veto laws • Appeal to people on TV

Economic Leader • Create our national governments yearly budget • Congress approves/disapproves/amends • Gets help from Office of Management and Budget (OMB)

Judicial Leader • Appoints federal judges (approved by Senate) • Pardon • Reprieve • Amnesty • Immunity • commutations

Party Leader • Expected to • Appoint loyal supporters to jobs • Make party speeches • Endorse fellow party candidates • Help in any way possible

Chief of State • Represents WHOLE country • Symbolic jobs • Host foreign leaders • Throw 1st pitch of baseball season • Wreaths on Veterans and Memorial Day • Host events 4th of July, Easter • Pardon Thanksgiving turkey

Executive Office of President EOP

Administration • EOP • Created by FDR to advise and help carry out job as President

White House Office • Chief of Staff • White House Press Secretary • VP • First Lady • http://www.letsmove.gov/

Office of Management & Budget • National budget • Budget director

National Security Council • Members • President • VP • Secretary of the State • Secretary of Defense • Secretary of Homeland Security • White House Chief of Staff • National Security Advisor • Leader/rep from each branch of military • Military actions

Other EOP Offices • Council of Economic Advisors • Science and Technology Office • Office of the US Trade Representative • Office of Policy Development • Office of National Drug Control

Executive Departments • 15 departments • Make up Presidential Cabinet

Executive Departments Group work Directions: research your Executive Department to create a big paper display of what your department is responsible for • When the Department was created • Current Secretary of the Department • 5 roles or responsibilities of the Department • At least 2 regulatory agencies

Executive Departments Group work(HONORS) Directions: research your Executive Department to create a big paper display of what your department is responsible for • When the Department was created • Current Secretary of the Department • 5 roles or responsibilities of the Department • At least 2 regulatory agencies • Department Budget 2013

Agencies & Bureaucracy • Independent Agencies • Created by president • Funded by Congress • Types • Executive • Regulatory commissions • Government corporations

Executive Agencies • CIA • Social Security • NASA • Environmental Protection Agency • Commission on Civil Rights • National Foundation for the Arts

Regulatory Commissions • Board of commissioners appointed by President • 14 year terms • Federal Reserve • Federal Trade Commission • Securities and Exchange Commission • Federal Communications Commission • Consumer Product Safety Commission

Government Corporations • Run by board of commissioners with general manager • Appointed by President • Over 50 gov. corporations! • US Postal Service • AMTRAKFDIC

Spoils System • President appoints roughly 2000 people to jobs • Patronage • Spoils system

Bureaucracy and Red Tape • Larger population = larger government • Inefficiency • Too many rules and regulations

Civil Service System • Pendleton Act (1883)

Executive Branch