Congress vs. President

1
Congress vs. President

• Since 1930, the Executive branch has often seemed
  to be more powerful than Congress
• However Congress retains several key powers
• Funding Powers
• Oversight
• Impeachment

2
Checks and Balances

• Constitutional
• Originate Revenue Bills (Power of the Purse)
• Confirmation of Presidential Appointments
• Impeachment and Removal
• Approve Treaties

• Not specifically in the Constitution
• War Powers Act of 1973
• Congressional Oversight (committees)
• CBO vs. OMB

3
Approve Treaties

• League of Nations

4
Checks and Balances

• Impeachment

• Approve Appointments

5
Checks and Balances

• If Congress ever disagrees with the President or
  his programs, they can just cut off funding.

6
War Powers Act of 1973

• Main Constitutional Conflict between Executive
  and Legislative Branches
• Executive Branch- President is the leader of our
  Armed forces
• Legislative Branch- Only Congress can declare war
• President always just sent the army to war,
  without declaring War, forcing Congress to
  continue to fund the troops

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War Powers Act 1973

• Congress Said NO MORE!
• War Powers Act of 1973
• 48 hours notice before deploying troops
• President is limited to deployment of troops
  overseas to 60 days (during peacetime) or up to
  90 days during hostilities
• If Congress does not give its approval of the
  deployment then all Troops must come back within
  the 60 or 90 day period
• Has this solved the Problem

8
CBO vs. OMB

• OMB- An executive agency which proposes the
  Presidents budget every year.
• Employs hundreds of number crunchers congress
  actually defers to the Expertise of the OMB most
  times.
• CBO- It is responsible for analyzing the
  Presidents budget and economic projections.