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How the Balance of Power has shifted over time

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How the Balance of Power has shifted over time

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Before the Civil War, the president looked more to Congress for proposing legislation. President Lincoln took executive powers that Congress went along with, causing the president after Lincoln, Andrew Johnson, to almost be impeached. Congress slowly regained their federal power. Presidents who dealt with tough social, economic, and political conditions (FDR, Theodore Roosevelt, Lyndon B Johnson) all had gained power and caught up with the power congress had. Today, Congress gives the president a leadership role with proposing legislation. At the same time, congress can pass/defeat, modify, and debate anything the president proposes.

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How the Balance of Power has shifted over time

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How the Balance of Power has shifted over time

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Before the Civil War, the president looked more to Congress for proposing legislation. President Lincoln took executive powers that Congress went along with, causing the president after Lincoln, Andrew Johnson, to almost be impeached. Congress slowly regained their federal power. Presidents who dealt with tough social, economic, and political conditions (FDR, Theodore Roosevelt, Lyndon B Johnson) all had gained power and caught up with the power congress had. Today, Congress gives the president a leadership role with proposing legislation. At the same time, congress can pass/defeat, modify, and debate anything the president proposes.

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Congress exercises oversight in several ways. One way is by executive agencies requirement to report to it. Another way is to ask a support agency to study an agency's work.

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Article 1, Section 9 of the Constitution give powers that congress don't have.

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Congress is responsible for creating laws, the president carries those laws out. The executive interprets the laws. Congress checks how the law has been carried out by the executive.

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Congress has the power to:

Approve Treaties
Declare War
Create and maintain an army and navy
Make rules governing land and naval forces
Regulate foreign commerce
Admit new states and govern new territories
Govern federal property
Grant copyrights and patents
Establish a post office to the federal courts
Impeach (remove) any federal official from office

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Checks and Balances between Executive (President) and Congress

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Checks and Balances between Executive (President) and Congress

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Nowadays, Congress checks the executive on a lot of the executives powers. It allows the president and congress to counteract each other, creating tension.