What is the current relationship between congress and the executive branch?

Answer 1

The President and Congress share power. The President may suggest measures that he thinks Congress should take, but Congress gets to propose legislation. The President, however, gets to veto measures he disapproves of ( although this can be overridden by a 2/3 vote in the house and senate).

Answer 2

The legislative and executive branches are equal under the Constitution. The Constitution notwithstanding, the relationship among the branches, particularly the executive and legislative, is a constantly shifting one.

Generally, in times of peace and prosperity, Congress has been the more dominant institution. In times of war or danger, the executive branch is the dominant branch.

For much of early American history, the president was relatively powerless, and though not an unimportant figure, was secondary to Congress. From 1820 to 1860, as slavery, states rights, and enormous expansion threatened to tear the country apart, members of the Senate were the ones who kept the nation together with a series of compromises. Executive branch powers increased considerably during the Civil War, as President Abraham Lincoln commanded new resources and sought new authority to keep the union together.

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