英美概况课件——美国政体.ppt

Term and Qualifications term qualifications two years (The entire membership is elected every two years.) over 35 years old an American citizen for at least seven years Leader of the House of Representative Nancy Pelosi,the first woman speaker of the House of Representative The Federal Administration The President and His Powers The Organization of Executive Branch The President The head of state The head of government The Commander-in-Chief of the armed forces “the first citizen” (his wife being called the first lady ) The Right of President President foreign policy making laws Commander-in-chief of all armed forces Appointment of Officials giving pardons The president is commander-in-chief of the armed forces of the United States and has the power to raise, train, supervise, and deploy American armed forces. All the bills passed by congress must be signed by the president before becoming laws. If the president objects to a bill passed by congress, her can veto it by refusing to sign it and returns it back to congress. With the approval the senate, he appoints the US secretary of State and ambassadors. (The secretary of state is the official spokesman of the US foreign policy. His role is to advise the president on foreign affairs and help him administer foreign relations. ) The president formulates and implements the American foreign policy, with the authority to make treaties with foreign countries. The US constitution allows the president to give pardons in federal criminal cases. The president can also pardon a group of people, but he could not pardon himself when congress impeaches him. Limitation of Rights (1) He must ask congress for every dollar his administration spends. His nomination of officials needs the approval of the senate. He has to make a report to congress on the state of union once a year. The president is checked by the Supreme Court which has the power to declare his policy. Lim