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How can congress check the president power?
if he vetos a bill they can over vote him and pass it. But if he lets it sit for 10 days it will die.
Does veto power signal weakness with congress?
The president uses the veto as a last resort- it does signal an inability to influence the writing of legislation before it is actually passed. The president usually lets it be known that he will veto a bill and if Congress passes it anyway it indicates a challenge to the president.
Is American president answerable to the congress?
Yes. in the sense that the President must enforce the laws that Congress passes, collect only the taxes that Congress approves and spend the money that Congress appropriates. Congress can, using a complicated process, remove him from office if he violates the laws or is derelict in his duties. However, there is a balance of powers and the President has much power over Congress,. as well as a legal principle known as executive privilege, which lets him conceal many of his actions from Congress if he so chooses.
When a president lets a session with congress expire without signing a bill is called what?
pocket veto
What is the term for when the president lets congress expire without signing a bill into legislation?
"pocket veto"
What is it called when a president lets a bill die after congress adjourns its session?
That is called a "pocket veto."
What is it called if Congress is not in session and the president lets a bill die by not signing it?
This is called a pocket veto by the President. He figuratively puts the bill away in his pocket. He can only do this if he has the bill for less that 10 days when Congress adjourns . If he gets the bill more than 10 days before Congress adjourns, it becomes law even if he does not sign it unless he vetoes it and so informs Congress.
What will be the legacy of Barack Obama that Americans limit presidential powers?
It is difficult to say at this point, since President Obama's term has not been completed. But it should be noted that presidential power has expanded dramatically over the past several decades. President Reagan expanded it, as did President Clinton and President Bush, and President Obama has continued that trend to some degree. It should also be noted that the complaints about expansion of presidential power are not new: if you read newspapers from the 1930s, the same complaints were leveled by critics of President Roosevelt. In fact, critics of President Lincoln accused him of it too. Part of the problem has to do with how dysfunctional the congress is. In eras when congress is bogged down in partisan bickering or when congress lets the president do whatever he wishes (many people who oppose a strong chief executive now were fine about it when President Bush was in office, for example), the power of the president expands. And once it has expanded, it's difficult to reverse that trend, nor does the next president want to give back the power the previous president had.
If the president doesn't want to deal with a bill and lets it sit for 10 days while Congress is in session the bill?
The bill automatically becomes a law.
How does the executive branch get around checks and balances?
Often Congress is controlled by the same party the president belongs to, so they give the president more freedom to do what he wants to do. The Justice Department is part of the executive branch, so unless the Congress conducts its own investigations, the president can get around the law without much protest. The president also controls the military and can order military action that is hard to get out of, so Congress lets it go and pays for it.
Why is the war powers resolution important?
the president is far more flexible and can make decisions much quicker than congress can. The War Powers Resolution lets the president make the decisions about hosilities that need to be made quickly, even though congress technically holds the right to declare war.
Pocket veto can only be used when?
When Congress adjourns within 10 days of submitting a bill to the president, who simply lets it die by neither signing nor vetoing it.
