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2.5: Checks on the Executive Branch
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AP United States Government and Politics notes from Unit 2, Section 5: An overview of checks on the Executive Branch of the Federal Government, namely the President.
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What were the effects of the War Powers Resolution of 1973?
Answer: It limited the president\'s ability to wage war (the president must report to congress within 48 hours of military action, 60 days to get resolution passed + 30 more to withdraw if not passed)
2.
What bodies constitute the federal bureaucracy?
Answer: The executive agencies and departments that implement and administer federal programs
3.
Who is a bureaucrat (also known as a civil servant)?
Answer: A non-political career government employee
4.
What did the Pendleton Civil Service Act do?
Answer: It established the merit system for selecting bureaucrats and ended the patronage/spoil system
5.
What is a cabinet department?
Answer: A governmental unit consisting of the fifteen largest and most influential agencies of the federal bureaucracy; They have major administrative responsibilities over large areas of policy
6.
What is an independent executive agency?
Answer: A governmental unit that closely resembles cabinet departments but has narrower areas of responsibility and perform public services
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What is an independent regulatory commission?
Answer: A governmental unit consisting of experts who make rules regulating specific industries to protect the public
8.
What is a government corporation?
Answer: A governmental unit that provides unprofitable services not being provided by private companies
9.
Describe an issue network.
Answer: The relationship between interest groups, congressional committees and subcommittees, and the government agencies that share a common policy concern
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