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Government in Action - Coggle Diagram

- - - - advisory committees
  - - - iron triangles
  - - - sunshine laws
      - legislative veto
    - - appointment power
      - impoundment
      - executive orders
    - - legislative intent
      - standards of due process
  - - - adverse selection
      - moral hazard
- - - - Bicameral
        
        Senate
        
        Leadership
        
        President of the Senate
        
        VP
        
        presides over the Senate
        
        tie-breaking vote
        
        president pro tempore
        
        majority leader
        
        minority leader
        
        whips
        
        House of Representatives
        
        Leadership
        
        Speaker of the House of Representatives
        
        2nd in line to presidential succession
        
        presides over the House
        
        majority leader
        
        minority leader
        
        whips
  - - - Lawmaking
        
        legislative oversight
        
        legislating
        
        bill introduction
        
        nongermane amendments (Senate only)
        
        riders
        
        committee referal
        
        debate & pass
        
        House & Senate confer/reach compromise
        
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      - Representation
        
        Responsiveness
        
        service
        
        casework
        
        allocation
        
        distribution benefits
        
        pork-barrel benefits
        
        symbolic
        
        home style
        
        policy
        
        Constituency
        
        geographical
        
        reelection
        
        primary
        
        personal
    - - impeachment
      - seating & disciplining members
      - selecting leaders of executive branch
      - other policy responsibilities
- - - - VP
      - Cabinet
      - Executive Office of the President (EOP)
        
        White House Office
        
        organization
        
        hierarchical model
        
        spokes-of-the-wheel model
        
        OMB
        
        National Security Council
        
        Council of Economic Advisors
      - First Lady
    - - Chief Executive
        
        Powers
        
        Veto
        
        pocket veto
        
        unilateral powers
        
        Executive Orders
        
        signing statements
        
        national security directives
        
        appoint agency leadership, cabinet members, federal judges, ambassadors to foreign countries
        
        see to the faithful execution of laws
      - Commander-in-Chief of the military forces
      - Chief Diplomat
        
        negotiate treaties
        
        receive foreign dignitaries
        
        executive agreements
      - Public Opinion leader
        
        going public
        
        Presidential speeches