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Crash Course Government and Politics
How Presidents Govern: Crash Course Government #14
Season 1
Episode 14
Filling the role of the executive branch is a pretty big job - much too big for just one person. It's so big that the president employs an entire federal bureaucracy! Today, we’re just going to focus on those closest to the president, like the vice president, the Cabinet, and the Executive Office of the President.
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6:11
All about delegation and informal powers.
7:48
All about the presidential powers NOT found in the Constitution
6:26
All about the expressed powers of the President of the United States.
6:31
All about the three motivating factors of congressional decisions.
6:56
The process of how a bill becomes a law can be pretty complex.
8:10
All about the leadership structure of congress.
8:26
Learn about standing committees, joint committees, conference committees, and caucuses.
8:52
All about the importance of congressional elections.
8:55
All about the compromises met in ratifying the U.S. Constitution
9:13
In the US, power is divided between the national government and the 50 state governments.
8:30
All about the US Governments Separation of powers and the system of checks and balances
9:04
All about the United States Congress, and why it's bicameral, and what bicameral means.