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The Changing Role & Powers of Congress - Coggle Diagram
The Changing Role & Powers of Congress
The New Deal
The New Deal was a series of programs, public work projects, financial reforms, and regulations enacted by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in the United States between 1933 and 1939 to help boost employment after the Great Depression
WWII & the 1960s
Economic Opportunity Act (1964) Legislation to help the underprivileged to gain the skills to make them employable
Housing & Urban Development Act (1965) Provided federal funds for urban renewal
Civil Rights Laws
Civil Rights (1964) Prohibited racial, religious & sexual discrimination and racial segregation in schools
Voting Rights Act (1965) Prohibited discrimination in voting
Medicare & Medicaid
Medicare & Medicade Act (1965) The first public healthcare insurance programmes
LBJ as President
Of the 87 bills that President Johnson submitted to Congress in 1965, 84 were signed into law
One of the most successful in the passage of legislation in congressional history
Nixon's Foreign Policy
In the era of Nixon, the presidency was conducting wars that Congress was not even aware of
War Powers Act 1973
The War Powers Act has had only limited effect in preventing the president from going to war
Party Polarisation
From the 80s to the present day, the parties have become increasingly polarised in their ideological make up
This has changed the way Congress works and has seen the parties refuse to vote for keynote legislation
The War on Terror
An ongoing international military campaign launched by the United States government following the September 11 attacks
Air Strikes on Libya
In 2011, Obama authorised airstrikes against Libya without informing or consulting Congress until 2 days after the attack
The Supreme Court
In October 2020, the support for Trump's supreme court nominee, Amy Coney Barrett was entirely on party lines
Foreign Policy via Twitter
Trump argued that he could use Twitter to inform Congress of future airstrikes which led to a furious tweet from the House Foreign Affairs Committee official Twitter account