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| electoral college | people selected in each state who gather to formally cast their ballots for the President and Vice President of the United States |
| elector | a memeber of the electoral college |
| electoral vote | the vote cast for President and Vice President by members of the electoral college |
| presidential succession | the specified procedure by which a vacancy in the presidency is filled |
| cabinet | the group of persons, heading 14 executive departments, appointed by the President to act as officail advisers and help establish policy |
| administration | the people and organizations that make up the executivve branch of a government |
| leglislative veto | the powers of Congress to void an action of th rexecutive branch |
| War Powers Act | the law, passed in 1973, that restricts the President's use of U.S. combat troops abroad and authorize Congress to order troops home |
| treaty | a formal agreement between two or more sovereign nation-states |
| executive agreement | a presidential agreement, not requiring the Senate's approval, with another head of state |
| executive order | a presidential directive to an agency that defines new policies or carries out existing laws |
| reprieve | the postponement or setting aside of punishment |
| pardon | the exemption of a convicted person from the penalties of a crime or offense |
| amnesty | the government's general pardon given to people who have broken the law |
| line-item veto | an executive's power to reject part of a bill while approving the rest |
| executive privilege | the President's right to withhold information from or refuse to testify before Congress or the courts |
| impoundment | a President's refusal to spend money that Congress has appropriated |
| bipartisan | made up of memebers of both political parties |
| sound bite | a short statement used on a radio or television news broadcast |
