The Constitution grants the president certain enumerated powers. Some of these powers include the presidents ability to enforce and maintain laws already set in place. Any bills that are in the process of becoming laws that the president does not approve of, he has the unique ability of vetoing.
Spending that is not affected by budget cuts is called Mandatory spending. This means that when deciding what budgets to cut, certain programs are out of the question. The president must provide the necessary funding to such programs to keep them running.
Although one group may identify themselves a certain way, there may also be differences within the group that are not agreed on. When this happens, it is called Party Polarization. For example, although you may be a democrat, your view on how congress should be run or your view on the war may be different from another fellow democrat.
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2008-2)A number of factors enable presidents to exert influence over Congress in the area of domestic policy. However, presidents are also limited in their influence over domestic policymaking in Congress.
-The Constitution grants the president certain enumerated powers. Describe two of these formal powers that enable the president to exert influence over domestic policy.
-Choose two of the following. Define each term and explain how each limits the president’s ability to influence domestic policy making in Congress.
*Mandatory spending
*Party polarization
*Lame-duck period
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