Why did president Kennedy have difficulty passing legislation?

Answer 1

Because he was the President of the United States and had no legal authority to pass legislation, and could only veto or sign into law those bills of legislation passed by congress.President Kennedy was also unable to achieve much of his legislative agenda because he received little coperation from congress. Congress controlled both houses of Congress, Republicans has gained 21 seats in the House of representatives and 2 seats democrats and conservative republicans in Congress opposed Kennedy's aganed and successfully blocked most of the president's domestic programs.

Answer 2

Kennedy wanted to exert strong leadership to extend economic benefits to all citizens, but a razor-thin margin of victory limited his mandate. Even though the Democratic Party controlled both houses of Congress, conservative Southerners resisted plans to increase federal aid to education, provide health insurance for the elderly and create a new Department of Urban Affairs. And so, despite his rhetoric, Kennedy's policies were often limited and restrained. Kennedy wanted to exert strong leadership to extend economic benefits to all citizens, but a razor-thin margin of victory limited his mandate. Even though the Democratic Party controlled both houses of Congress, conservative Southerners resisted plans to increase federal aid to education, provide health insurance for the elderly and create a new Department of Urban Affairs. And so, despite his rhetoric, Kennedy's policies were often limited and restrained.

Answer 3

The difficulty varies with the President and the Congress, but always there are 535 individual people in the Congress. These people come from all 50 states and the states have their own interests. It is especially hard if either house is controlled by the opposition party. In the current situation, a majority of the House were elected with the intent to repeal Obamacare which is the President's keystone legistatively. The House also wants to cut the budget and reduce taxes in ways the President does not want. In short, in most times, there is a difference of opinion and anything that gets passsed by Congress has to be a compromise.

Answer 4

he was elected by small margin. he lacked a popular mandate or a clear indication that the voters approved of his plan

Answer 5

"he was elected by a small margin, and because the democrats and republicans blocked his the bills"

Answer 6

John F. Kennedy failed to pass tax cuts for Americans during his presidency.

Answer 7

Many of his advisers believed that he lacked the political mandate or support from the people,to enact bold policies. BOOM :)