<p>Notes ch 8, 9 & 10 The Executive Branch Grable and the Federal Bureaucracy</p><p>I. Presidential Qualifications A. Constitutional Requirements 1. 2. 3. </p><p>B. Unwritten Requirements 1. 2. 3. 4. </p><p>C. Removal from Office</p><p>II. President’s Term and Salary A. Term </p><p>22nd Amendment </p><p>B. Salary and Benefits</p><p>III. Presidential Succession A. Succession Act of 1947 </p><p>B. 25th Amendment – 1967 1. VP vacancy</p><p>2. Presidential Disability a. b. </p><p>IV. Vice President’s Role A. According to the Constitution 1. 2. 25th amendment – helps to decide if the President is disabled B. Modern Responsibilities</p><p>V. Electing the President – Electoral College </p><p>A. Primaries (Spring)</p><p>B. Conventions (late Summer) </p><p>C. Elections 1. Voters to the polls – November – first Tuesday after the first Monday The candidate’s names are printed on the ballot. They are followed by the names of the state electors.</p><p>2. Electors Electors cast the state’s official votes for President. </p><p>Number of electors per state - </p><p>Total Number of electors: 435 (House) + 100 (Senate) + 3 (Washington, D.C.) = 538 Total Electoral Votes 270 electoral votes needed to win </p><p>3. Winner- take-all – the candidate that receives the largest number of votes in the state, receives all of that state’s electoral votes. </p><p>4. Electoral College – December</p><p>5. Both houses of Congress meet to open and count the ballots – January 6th </p><p>D. Exceptions to winner-take-all 1. Maine and NE </p><p>2. Most states do not legally require electors to vote for the candidate who wins the popular vote, but electors usually do.</p><p>E. Criticism of the winner-take-all electoral system </p><p>VI. Inauguration January 20th VII. Roles and Duties of the President A. Faithfully execute the laws of the United States (agencies and cabinet help with this)</p><p>B. Head of State</p><p>C. Appointments</p><p>D. Chief Executive 1. Executive Orders 2. Reprieves and Pardons 3. Amnesty</p><p>E. Commander In Chief 1. Power to Make War 2. Military Operations and Strategy</p><p>F. Chief Legislator 1. Legislative Program 2. Tools of Presidential Lawmaking</p><p>G. Executive Privilege </p><p>H. Economic Planner Employment Act of 1946 </p><p>I. Chief Diplomat 1. Treaties 2. Executive Agreements 3. Recognition of Foreign Governments</p><p>J. Party Leader</p><p>VIII. Executive Office A. Executive Office of the President / Agencies 1. Office of Management and Budget (OMB) </p><p>2. National Security Council</p><p>3. National Homeland Security Council 4. Council of Economic Advisers</p><p>B. The White House Office 1. Chief of Staff and Deputy Chief of Staff (Gatekeeper)</p><p>2. White House Counsel </p><p>3. Press Secretary </p><p>IX. The Cabinet A. Definition: 1. Individuals </p><p>2. As a group </p><p>B. Selection & Confirmation </p><p>C. Role of the Cabinet </p><p>X. Cabinet Departments – Teach the class the information needed to complete the chart. Don’t read to us! Make it interesting. The class will complete the chart while you speak. Remember there isn’t much room to write. Worth 25 pts. No makeups!!!! (.) nothing needed (-) define for the class Current Important Agencies Department Secretary Purpose within the Department 1 State CIA. Embassies – 1789</p><p>2 Treasury Bureau of the Mint- makes coins. Bureau of Engraving & Printing – makes paper 1789 $. IRS - </p><p>3 Defense Joint Chiefs of Staff – leaders of Army, Navy, 1789 Marines, Air Force. Offices at the Pentagon - 4 Justice Attorney FBI. General DEA- 1789 BATFE- 5 Interior National Park Service-</p><p>1849 “Bureau of Everything else” – Indian Affairs, Land Management, Regulation and Enforcement, Surface Mining, Fish & Wildlife 6 Agriculture Forrest Service-</p><p>1862 Food & Nutrition Service-</p><p>7 Commerce Census- </p><p>1903 National Institute of Standards & Technology-</p><p>Department Secretary Purpose Important Agencies 8 Labor OSHA – Occupational Health & Safety Ad.- 1913</p><p>9 Health & Medicare- Human Medicaid- Services FDA- CDC- 1953 Obama Care- 10 Housing & FHA – Federal Housing Urban Authority- Development (HUD) 1965 11 Transpor- FAA- Fed. Aviation Ad.- tation</p><p>1977 Federal Highway Ad. 12 Energy Oversees Nuclear weapons. 1977</p><p>13 Education Oversees Federal Student Aid – 1979</p><p>14 Veterans Veterans’ Health Ad- Affairs Veterans’ Benefits- National Cemetery- 1989 15 Homeland Secret Service- Security INS-Immigration & 2002 Naturalization – </p><p>Border Patrol-</p><p>FEMA- Fed Emer Manag-</p><p>TSA- Transportation Safety- XI. Independent Agencies </p><p>Date Agency Created Purpose Central Intelligence Agency CIA Federal Bureau of Investigations FBI NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration National Transportation Safety Board - NTSB Small Business Administration SBA Social Security Administration SS United States Postal Service USPS CIA NASA NTSB SBA</p><p>SSA USPS CPSC EPA EEOC</p><p>FAA FDIC FTC FRS FDA</p><p>NRC OSHA SEC FBI</p><p>XII. Regulatory Commissions</p><p>Date Commission Create Purpose d CPSC - Consumer Product Safety Commission Environmental Protection Agency EPA EEOC - Equal Employment Opportunity Commission FAA - Federal Aviation Administration Federal Reserve System FTC - Federal Trade Commission FDA - Food and Drug Administration Nuclear Regulatory Commission NRC Occupational Safety and Health Administration OSHA SEC - Securities and Exchange Commission</p>