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Congress on the executive - Coggle Diagram
Congress on the executive
Purse
Public policies suggested by the executive need to be funded by Congress, which is responsible for collecting taxes
Foreign policy
The president needs the support of 2/3 of the Senate to make a treaty.
Congress is entitled for commerce with foreign nations, to declare war and to raise and support armies.
Appointment power
Justices (SC judges) and federal officers have to be approved by the Senate.
Congressional investigations
Help legislators make better policy decisions. This is an implied constitutional power since the founding.
Investigate issues that may require legislation in the future
Investigate and oversee federal programs
Non delegation
Congress cannot delegate its legislative power to administrative agencies. It is for the politically accountable Congress to make policy choices.
Legislative veto
Congress created the legislative veto by including statutes provisions authorizing Congress or one of the houses to overturn an agency’s action by a simple resolution
Chadha 1983, the SC declared unconstitutional the legislative veto : if Congress wants to overturn executive action, there must be bicameralism and presentment; house resolution is unconstitutional.
Impeachment & removal
It is a political process but of a criminal type. President can be convicted for “treason, bribery, other crimes and misdemeanors”. The House can impeach. The Senate can convict, with a majority of ⅔.
Trump was impeached twice but never convicted; SC stays outside of the impeachment process.