1. Roles and Powers of the executive Branch (national)
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2. Questions
What are the roles and powers of the executive branch of the national government?
What are the roles and powers of the president?

3. Presidential Powers
The executive branch plays a key role in the policymaking process.
Presidential power is broad in both domestic and foreign affairs, but there are limits on what the president can and cannot do.

4. Ways the executive branch influences policymaking
Proposing legislation in an annual speech to Congress (State of the Union Address) ature=relmfu
Appealing directly to the people

5. Ways the executive branch influences policymaking
Approving or vetoing legislation
Appointing officials who carry out the laws
Cabinet departments, agencies, and regulatory groups interpret and execute the laws.

6. Presidential Exercise of Power
The president exercises power as
chief of state: Ceremonial head of the government
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chief executive: Head of the executive branch of government
chief legislator: Proposer of the legislative agenda

7. Presidential Exercise of Power
commander-in-chief: Head of the nation’s armed forces
chief diplomat: Architect of American foreign policy

8. Presidential Exercise of Power
chief of party: Leader of the political party that controls the executive branch
chief citizen: Representative of all of the people.
Presidential power has grown in the years since the Constitution was ratified.

9. Review
Describing the roles and powers of the executive branch.

10. Vocabulary 1. cabinet a group of political advisers 2. department
 a major division of a government or business
3. agency
 part of a government that manages projects in an area
4. regulatory
 to direct by rules
5. approving
 accepting
6. domestic
 home
7. officials
 person who holds an office
8. ceremonial
 a formal act
9. diplomat
 a person who works to keep relationships between governments of countries
10. vetoing
 turn down
11. address
 speak to
12. Interpret
 determine the meaning of
13. Execute
 carry out
14. Proposing
 suggesting
15. Appealing
 asking for something
16. Appointing
 picking, selecting
17. Foreign
 other countries
18. Agenda
 a list of items of business at a meeting
19. Union
 something formed by joining members or parts
20. Affairs
 business tasks
21. Broad
 wide, not limited
22. state
 of or relating to government