Stephens Chapter 7 Executive Branch at Work

Who decides which program will decide discretionary funding?

What is one way that Congress has not checked the powers of the indepenant agencies?

Which of these is not a feature of a bureaucracy?

The practice of awarding government jobs as political rewards to people who supported the president.

Based on the graphs, in which period did the federal government have the most success in avoiding deficits?

Gap that occurs when annual expenses exceed annual revenue.

How is Congress involved with the executive departments?

A financial policy that involve altering the amount of money in circ. and the interest rates at which money is borrowed.

What stopped the spoils system by basing hiring and promotions for certain government jobs on merit and not on party.

Cumulative sum of money that the government has borrowed and not repaid.

The government assigns funds to spend for the upcoming year.

What is the main role of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) in budget making?

Federal income tax.

The federal government finances its operations in two ways; collecting revenue and what?

A financial policy that involves creating the federal budget and taxation laws.

Which of the following is a key goal of government corporations?

A type of government spending that is subject to the annual budget process.

What is a tax that has a greater impact on lower income earners than on upper income earners like the social sec tax?

The spoils system led to which problem?

Independent regulatory commissions must have boards that are _____, or include members from both political parties.

How does fiscal policy stimulate the economy?

How does the government borrow money?

Executive department with the largest budget.

A type of government spending that is mandated by federal laws and is not subject to the annual budget process.