Presidential LeadershipCh. 9

According to the United States Constitution, the president has the power to nominate his cabinet and federal judges. All of these nominations have to be approved by the Senate.

Vetoing Bills-The President can reject a bill in two ways:In a veto the president refuses to sign a bill and returns it to the house of Congress in which it originated. The second, the president may kill a bill passed during the last 10 days Congress is in session simply by refusing to act on it. This veto is called a pocket veto. Because Congress is no longer in session, it cannot override the veto and the bill dies. Congressional override of a veto-Congress can override a president’s veto with a two-thirds vote in both houses. If Congress overrides the veto the bill becomes law.

Presidential Powers

Mandate of the People-All Presidents like to claim that their ideas and policies represent a mandate from the people. A mandate-strong popular support.Executive orders-rules by the President that have the force of the law.Impoundment-Means the president can put aside , or refuses to spend , the money Congress has appropriated for a certain purpose. Reprieve-grants a postponement of legal punishmentPardon-is a release from legal punishmentAmnesty-is a group pardon to people for an offense against the government.

Roles of the PresidentThe President of the U.S. wears

several different hats simultaneously-six of them are spelled out in the Constitution

• Chief of State• Chief Executive• Chief Administrator• Commander in Chief of the armed forces• Chief Diplomat• Chief Legislator• Chief of Party (Political Party Leader)• Chief Citizen

Chief of StatePerforms ceremonial functions & serves

as the personal symbol of the nation Throws out the first baseball of the season Lights the national Christmas tree Dedicates public buildings and parks Attends memorial and recognition of

service functions.President Barack Obama reaches for a Purple Heart medal to present to a wounded soldier at Bagram Air Field in Afghanistan, Dec. 3, 2010.

Chief ExecutiveExecutes the laws of the country

Broad power domestically and in foreign affairs

Can appoint and remove high-ranking officials

Can grant reprieves, pardons, and amnesty

Commander in Chief

Leads the nations armed forces

Can commit troops to war Can end fighting Can set up military governments in

conquered territory

Chief Diplomat

Directs U.S. foreign policy

Negotiates all treaties Exercise power of recognition Receives foreign heads of

government

Chief Legislator

Recommends and approves legislation and informs Congress of the condition

of the nation

Proposes legislation Vetoes or signs legislation Calls special sessions of Congress Gives the State of the Union Address

Political Party Leader

Heads his own political party Chooses VP Appoints party faithful Party fund-raisers Help elect party members

Economic Planner

Submits an economic report to Congress Prepares a federal budget

Chief LegislatorThose of us who manage the public's dollars will be held to account—to spend wisely, reform bad habits, and do our business in the light of day—because only then can we restore the vital trust between a people and their government.                                              – President Barack Obama

2011 State of the Union Address

President Bush lights the national Christmas tree

Chief of State

Chief Legislator

President Barack Obama signs the Iran Sanctions Bill imposing tough new sanctions against Iran as further punishment for the country's continuing ambitions to become a nuclear power, July 1, 2010, in the East Room of the White House in Washington

President Bush addresses members of the101st Airborne Division to tell them the direction of their next mission.

Commander in Chief

Chief of State

President Barack Obama arrives to deliver remarks at a Veterans Day rally at Yongsan Garrison in Seoul, Korea, Nov. 11, 2010.

Political Party Leader

All of these Presidents have given speeches to help party members running for office. When they attend these fund-raising activities they are acting as their respective ______________.

Chief DiplomatPresident Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama meet Queen Elizabeth II April 1, 2009, during their visit to Buckingham Palace.

President Barack Obama and President Hu Jintao of China attend a meeting with business leaders in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building of the White House, Jan. 19, 2011.

Defense Secretary Robert Gates looks on as President Barack Obama makes remarks on veterans healthcare, Thursday, April 9, 2009, in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House campus in

Washington.

Chief LegislatorObama asks quick congressional OK of new war money

President Bush and members of the Baseball Hall of Fame

Chief of State

Chief Diplomat

President Barack Obama disembarks Air Force One as he arrives in Ankara, Turkey, Sunday, April 5, 2009. President Obama is reaching out to Turkey to help him wind down the Iraq war and bring stability to the Middle East.

Obama (second right) at the Hagia Sophia in Istanbul during his bridge-building and sight-seeing trip to Turkey

U.S. President Barack Obama gives permission to enter the compound of Osama bin Laden

Commander in Chief