Presidential Vocab Test Review

Medium for discussion

Special assistant for national security

secret or hidden

salary

Grant a pardon to a group

The purchasing of materials

Heads of the executive departments that advise the president

Order that will stop a particular action or enforce a regulation

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

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

Grants a postponement of legal punishment

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

Expressed will of the people

Granting favors in return for political support

Practice of hiring govt workers on based on exam scores

Reduce the powers of regulatory agencies

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

Career government employee

A formal agreement between the governments of two or more nations

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

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

Existing "in fact" rather than legally

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

Official vote for president

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

A citizen who has a legal right to vote

The formal act of liberating someone

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

Business owned and operated by the federal government

Diplomatic building where ambassadors live or work

Unauthorized disclosure of confidential information