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Presidency

Presidency. President’s Job Description Succession & the Vice President Selection & Nominating The Election. Journal Riddle.

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Presidency

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  1. Presidency President’s Job Description Succession & the Vice President Selection & Nominating The Election

  2. Journal Riddle • One night, a man and his wife were driving to a certain place. All of a sudden the car stopped. The man realized that he would need to pour some cold water into the carburetor. He asked his wife to sit inside the car and lock the doors, while he goes searching for the water. After sometime, when the man returns, he finds this wife dead in a pool of blood. Besides her, there lay a stranger with no clothes on his body. Who was the stranger and how did his wife die?

  3. Answer • The Stranger was his child and the mother died while giving birth

  4. Job Description • Formal Qualifications • Be “natural-born citizen” • 35 years old • Lived in the United States for at least 14 years

  5. Job Description • Term • 4 years • 2 terms or 10 years (max)

  6. Job Benefits • Salary • Fixed by Congress • $400,000 a year • Expenses • General ($50,000) • White House ($?) • Entertainment ($?) • Traveling ($?) • Secret Service ($?)

  7. Job Benefits • The White House • 6 story with 2 level basement • 55,000 sq ft. • 132 rooms • 35 bathrooms • 28 fireplaces • 3 elevators • 5 full-time chefs • Tennis Court • Bowling alley • Movie theater • Running Track • Swimming Pool • Putting Green

  8. Job Benefits • Camp David • Vacation Home • Mountain area of Maryland • Surrounded by Marine and Naval Training bases

  9. Job Benefits • Transportation • Limos • Helicopters • Air Force One

  10. LIMO

  11. Job Benefits • Air Force One (cont) • Boeing 747 • 3 Level • 4,000 sq ft • 630 mph (almost supersonic speed) • Infrared-missiles • Radar-jamming tech • More Top Secret Defense Tech • Executive Suites & 2 Kitchens • High Speed Internet • Satellite T.V.

  12. The President’s Job Description • The President’s Roles • Chief of State • Chief Executive • Chief Administrator • Chief Diplomat • Commander in Chief • Chief Legislator • Party Chief • Chief Citizen

  13. Job Description • Chief of State • Main public representative of the U.S. • Symbol of our country • Examples • Handing out awards • Greeting People

  14. Job Description • Chief Executive • Head of executive branch • Responsible to take care that the laws be faithfully executed • In control of 4 million employees of executive branch

  15. Job Description • Chief Administrator • Head of federal government • In charge of overseeing all branches of government • Including his cabinet • Also NASA

  16. Job Description • Chief Diplomat • Main representative responsible for relations with other countries • Make and keep treaties

  17. Job Description • Commander in Chief • In charge of U.S. armed forces • Decides where troops are stationed • Decides what weapons will be used and how to use them • Bombing countries

  18. Job Description • Chief Legislator • Power to influence Congress in making laws • Examples • Take Congress to lunch to influence laws • Make a speech to Congress

  19. Job Description • Party Chief • Helps members of his/her party get elected to positions • Helps out on campaigns

  20. What would happen next if…?

  21. Presidential Succession and the Vice Presidency • Constitution and Succession • Vice President succeeds President at death or resignation

  22. Succession and Vice Presidency • Third in Line… • Speaker of the House • Nancy Pelosi --->

  23. President Pro Tem of Senate • Senator Robert Byrd • Elected by Senate • Once member of Ku Klux Klan at age 24 in 1942

  24. Secretary of State • Hillary Clinton • Deals with foreign affairs

  25. Secretary of Treasury • Timothy Geithner • Finance and Money matters

  26. Secretary of Defense • Robert Gates • Deals with armed forces and military issues

  27. Attorney General • Eric Holder • Chief law enforcement officer in the U.S. • Chief Lawyer in U.S.

  28. All the Way to Him??

  29. Vice President • Importance • Constitution does not say anything specific about the Vice President • Only speaks about two formal jobs

  30. Vice President • Preside over the Senate • Conduct meetings of Senate • Help decide when a president is disabled

  31. Vice President • Importance of the Office • He/she is the “President in waiting” • BIGGEST BENEFIT • V.P. can not be fired by the President

  32. Vice President • Who is Eligible? • Natural Born US citizen • 35 years or older • Lived in U.S. for 14 years

  33. Vice President • Limitations • No limit to 2 terms of service like President • Technically you can be VP forever

  34. Vice President • Salary and Benefits • $227,300 a year • Private Assistants and Staff • 40 aides • Wife has 5 aides • Allowances per year • General- $10,000 • Entertaining- $90,000 • Capitol Hill- $1,000,000

  35. Vice President • Benefits (cont) • Air Force 2 • Uniformed Secret Service

  36. Vice President • Home • One Observatory Circle • 3 Stories/ 9,000 Sq ft • 12 rooms • Underground bomb shelter

  37. Presidential Growth • Media • Huge influence on how president is received • Without media we would not see what he/she has done • Power grows with approval of actions • No approval = no power growth

  38. Presidential Growth • National Crisis • Important events need important decisions • People look for leadership in a time of disaster • Power grows during these time because Congress will hide (usually) and let the President take the limelight

  39. Presidential Growth • Congressional Deference • Congress originally was to set the budget for the U.S. • They decided to pass that power to the President. (Easier to let another person do the job)

  40. Presidential Power • To Appoint • 6,000 new federal officers • House Staff • Supreme Court Judges • Sonia Sotomayor

  41. Presidential Power • To Remove • Can remove anyone he/she appoints • Power to fire anyone in executive branch • Except the V.P. • Can even remove him/herself

  42. Presidential Power • Persona non grata • An unwelcomed person • Usually meant for a foreign diplomat who • Committed a civil crime • Accused of espionage in U.S. • Country which diplomatic relations are cancelled • Punishment = Deportation

  43. Presidential Offices • Executive Office • Personal Advisors of President • Located at Eisenhower Executive Office Building • Over 17 Offices • National Drug Control • Economic Recovery • Civil Liberties • White House Military Office • White House Office

  44. Presidential Office • White House Office • Headed by White House Chief of Staff • Rahm Emanuel • Based in the West and East Wings of White House • Organize Activities • Deal with media • Plan appointments • Basically president’s entourage

  45. Driving Questions • Why do you think our country in so much debt?

  46. Funding the Government • Most important federal taxes • Corporate Income Taxes • Money made by corporations in a fiscal year • Individual Income Taxes • Money made by individuals in a year

  47. Funding the Government • Non-revenue taxes • Why tax if it doesn’t make the government money??? • Answer: • To keep certain illegal or dangerous activity from reaching the public • Example • License to Deal

  48. Funding the Government • Federal Borrowing • Federal Government taking out a loan or credit from a bank or private investors • Usually meant to pay for National Deficit (short term)

  49. Funding the Government • Causes of Public Debt • Federal Government Borrows too much over the years • No limit to how much they can borrow

  50. Funding the Government • Effects of Public Debt • More Taxes • Higher Taxes • Budget Cuts • Unemployment • Business Failures • HUGE NATIONAL DEBT 

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