Presidential Vocab Test Review

Heads of the executive departments that advise the president

Medium for discussion

salary

Office of Management & Budget's review of legislative proposals that executive agencies prepare

Special assistant for national security

Reduce the powers of regulatory agencies

Practice of hiring govt workers on based on exam scores

President's refusal to spend money congress has voted to fund a program

secret or hidden

A formal agreement between the governments of two or more nations

Grant a pardon to a group

Granting favors in return for political support

Career government employee

Expressed will of the people

Official vote for president

The purchasing of materials

Existing "in fact" rather than legally

Grants a postponement of legal punishment

A rule issued by the president that has the force of law

Unauthorized disclosure of confidential information

Individuals and groups who work with a government agency and are most affected by its decisions

A formal agreement between two leaders that does not require Senate approval

The formal act of liberating someone

Close relationship between an agency, a congressional committee and an interest group

Diplomatic building where ambassadors live or work

Order that will stop a particular action or enforce a regulation

One of the president's top assistants who is in charge of media relations

The system of employing and promoting civil servants who are friends of the group in power

Business owned and operated by the federal government

A citizen who has a legal right to vote

Order in which officials fill the office of president in case of a vacancy