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Agenda and Policy
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What the administration is doing with power.
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Executive order
A signed directive from the president that manages the operations of the federal government, carrying legal force within the executive branch.
Impoundment
A president's refusal to spend money Congress has appropriated, restricted by the Impoundment Control Act of 1974.