1. How the Federal Gov’t Works: Executive Branch
Part 5 – pg 134

2. Pg 134
Article 2 sets up executive branch to carry out laws and run the affairs of the national gov’t
President is head of executive branch
Others that help run the gov’t: Vice President, the Cabinet, and ppl in the many departments and agencies

3. There are 22 key players in the Executive Branch
There are 22 key players in the Executive Branch. Listed below are the positions with a brief description of their allotted powers
Secretary of Education
Secretary of Veteran Affairs
Secretary of Homeland Security
Chief of Staff
Ambassador of the Environmental Protection Agency
President
Vice President
Secretary of State
Director of the Office of Management and Budget
Secretary of Treasury
Secretary of Defense Attorney General
U.S. Trade Representative
Ambassador to the United Nations
Secretary of the Interior
Secretary of Agriculture
Chair of the Council of Economic Advisers
Secretary of Commerce
Secretary of Labor
Secretary of Health and Human Services
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development
Secretary of Transportation
Secretary of Energy

4. Powers of the President
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Powers of the President
Founding Fathers intended the Congress to have the most control
Very little is said about the job of the president
Many president have had to take necessary action just to keep the nation running
Ever since the Korean War, Article II, Section 2 of the Constitution – which refers to the president as the “Commander in Chief of the Army and Navy of the United States” – has been interpreted this way: “The president has the power to initiate hostilities without consulting Congress.”

5. Powers of the President Include:
Veto bills
Serve as commander in chief of armed forces
Negotiate foreign treaties
Appoint federal judges, ambassadors, and other high officials
Grant pardons to federal offenders
In his final day in office, George Washington granted the first high-profile federal pardon to leaders of the Whiskey Rebellion.
A symbolic use of the presidential pardon is the National Thanksgiving Turkey Presentation each Thanksgiving, in which a domestic turkey is pardoned from being slaughtered for Thanksgiving dinner and allowed to live out its life on a farm.
Propose laws
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6. Electing the President
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Electing the President
4 year term
No more than 2 terms
Electoral college: The President and Vice President are not elected directly by the voters. Instead, they are elected by "electors" who are chosen by popular vote on a state-by-state basis
Who got the most electoral votes?

7. If you were a Presidential Candidate which states would you visit during your campaign?