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What is it called when the president rufuses to sign a bill into law?
A veto is the power of a US President who refuse to sign a bill passed by Congress, preventing it from becoming law unless it is passed again with a two-thirds majority by both the House of Representatives and the Senate.
Who can refuse justices' appointments?
The US Senate can refuse to confirm appointments to the Judicial Branch.
Can the president choose to get rid of the democracy?
He would have to refuse the validity of an election, disband congress and the senate and command total authority. In the USA democracy is a key belief and simply cannot be dissolved.
The constitution gives congress the right to impeach what?
According to the U.S. Constitution (Article I, Section 2, Clause 5): "The House of Representatives shall choose their Speaker and other Officers; and shall have the sole Power of Impeachment." Remember that an impeachment is only a formal accusation of wrongdoing; when a government official is impeached, his case is then tried in the Senate. Congress can check the president by refusing to appropriate money for an executive department.It can also refuse to authorize the creation of new administrative agencies and can abolish existing ones. The senate can reject a treaty made by the president. (A two-thirds vote of the senate is required to ratify a treaty.) It can reject presidential appointments by a majority vote. The House of Representatives has the power to impeach the president, that is, to charge that official with wrongdoing.
How does the senate check the presidents power to keep them from becoming too powerful?
Congress can override a presidential veto by a vote of 2/3 of the members of both houses.The House can formally impeach the president and the Senate holds the trial.Congress can reject presidential appointments and refuse treaties.
Did the state have power to refuse requests made by congress?
no
How can Harry Reid refuse to bring a bill passed by the House to the Senate floor?
The Constitution doesn't give the House of Representatives any power to control what the Senate does. So if the senators don't want to discuss a House bill they don't have to. The Constitution does give the Senate the power to set its own procedure, and if the Senate has chosen to do outrageous things like allow invisible filibusters then the only things you can do about it are to vote for a Senate candidate who is against dodgy Senate procedure or to campaign for a Constitutional Amendment to impose sensible procedures on the Senate.
What are some of the checks on the presidents power?
Legislative - Congress can override a Presidential veto, or refuse to declare war, or block funding for Federal programs; the Senate can refuse to confirm Presidential cabinet nominees or Federal judgesJudicial - the Supreme Court can find an executive order unconstitutional
What can the president do to a law of congress that he does not like?
refuse to sign it into law.
What branch of government may refuse the president's budget?
congress
Which branch can refuse to ratify treaties?
The Senate is the branch of the U.S. government that can refuse to ratify treaties. According to the Constitution, a two-thirds majority vote in the Senate is required for a treaty to be ratified. If the Senate does not approve a treaty, it cannot be enacted, despite being negotiated and signed by the President.
How does the President exercise checks and balances over Congress?
1. Any taxation bill must originate in the House of Representatives (HOR). 2. The Senate can prevent a department or Supreme Court appointment by the president. 3. The Congress can cut off funding for any government activity. 4. The congress can investigate with subpoena powers actions of the president and the administration. 5. The Congress can override a presidential veto if 2/3 of the Senate and HOR vote to do so. This allows the Congress to pass a law over the objections of the president. 6. The Congress can impeach the president for 'high crimes and misdemeanors' and remove the president from office if convicted by the Senate.
