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executive branch

noun as in ministry

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noun as in White House

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Casting Martin Sheen as the thoughtful President Josiah Bartlet, creator Aaron Sorkin chronicled political intrigue while defending the dignity of the executive branch.

From Time

Originally passed in 1950 and renewed in 2019, the DPA allows the executive branch to direct private companies to prioritize the manufacturing and distribution of certain materials as the federal government sees fit.

That was true of the Obamas to a large degree as well, Jalalzai noted, but “over the last four years, we haven’t had that kind of healthy relationship being modeled” in the executive branch.

From Vox

The DOI’s leader, the secretary of the interior, is a cabinet-level position within the executive branch and requires confirmation by the Senate, as do the leaders of each of those 11 agencies.

DUBNER Let’s move on to, as you put it, management of the executive branch.

Senate Democrats face a choice: pushing through AG nominee Loretta Lynch, or filling 231 executive-branch vacancies.

For too long we've experienced the executive branch roll over Congress, the press and the American people.

Does anyone wonder why only 43 percent of Americans have a “great deal” or “fair amount” of trust in the executive branch?

There are always limits to how much can be accomplished solely by the executive branch under the United States Constitution.

All of us, that is, except Gene Healy, who wrote the book on our executive-branch cult.

And when we speak of the government, we are not courtly enough to mean by the expression simply its executive branch.

With the executive branch I have little to discuss, for they agree with me in every material point on the subject of the treaty.

Nor was this increased activity of the executive branch of the government the only result of Nelson's persistence.

To-day the executive branch of the Government is transferred to new keeping.

A similar development to that of the executive branch was experienced in the administration of justice.

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On this page you'll find 10 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to executive branch, such as: bureau, department, and administrative agency.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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