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Us presdiency Key debate
Evaluate the view that the only power the President has is the power to persuade (30)
the executive power of the president within the appointment of key figures within the federal governmetn is highly reliant onthe consent fo the Congress and seante which limtis the degree to which they can indendetly act withint eh adminsitraiton
the president cannot appoitn cabinet officals without withth advice and consent of the senate. this limits thje dgeree to whcih eh can freely appoint cabient officals as he must convince the senate of their ability to fufill their oel sucha s pete pehgseht who was narrowly swore into cabinet office after tight vote
however, htis ai weak arguemtn becasue it canbe much better arghed that the president ahs almsot complete control over his other appointments within the Federal govnerment. even those offices which do require a congressional approval, thesemeasure are oftne highyl synbolic.
A Cabitnet offical has not been offically rerfused by the Senate since the 1970s witht he increase in partisansip leading to increasingly level of party line votign which was precisely waht allowed hegeseth to pass his nomination vote. due to the strenght of a president mandate at the start of their term the congress is also Skpetical to challenge the presidents appointments
the president is free to make apppintmetns as he wishes ot the postions withint eh EXOP which allowes him to shuffle around officials according to his own will such as the appoitnement fo the Whit ehosue press secertary.
ultiamtely all exectuvie authorityy rests in the president which limtis the ex4ent otwhoich the non appoitnemtn fo cabient minsiter can hamr th epresident as he can still exercise his full power over executive action without any cabinet minsiter
the president surpeme court nominees are heavily scrutinised by the congress and can be refused support fi they do not meet their expectactions such as hairret miers who had her nomiantion withdraw after complants that hse had close tis withthe Bush family and the narrow appointmetn fo Kavanaugh after Sexual assault allegations
the congress is able to assert control over the presidency and frce them to persuade through there usage of Congressiona poweto control funding and thrught National defence authoirtisations
1997, the ocngress onyl gave limited funds for the battle fo mogadishu which forced the Clinton to limit the invovlemtn fo the US in other somalian Peace keeping missions
in 2020, the OCngress overrode the President veto of the 60th NDAA which boudn the presiden tot withdaraw the troops form afghanistan and iraq
the president has incredible powers to act indepedently in th eare of the foreing policy which allowes him much grter powers than persaution regaridng foreign policy
the Presdient wa sbael to negioaite within the constraints of this bill freely nad created the withdrawl plan. desptie the bills abi;lity ro compel the presine to do somehtign his formal powers allowd him to exert a large level of control.
the President still has signficant power to act indepdnelt ysucha s in th 2026 where he execricsed the use of his formal powers to launch the attack o n venenzuel adn the destruction fo several fishign boats
the president does have some power to cojtrol dmoestic affairs within the Untied states and influcen the congresses attemtps to use legilastion to gudie the deomstic policy
the use fo the president veot has been used in rdcent years to allwo the presdient to control the domestic legilsation which is created by the Ocngress. for example, it was used in 2025 to block the reserved areas act amendment which would have threatend his immigraiton ploicy
in tiems of crissi the presidnt can be offered an effectviely blank cheque on money adn power to solve emergneices in doemstic affairs such as the covid-19 outbrka which led ot the CAREs Act in 2020 which gave record amoutnsof funds to the exectuvie for disater reponse
Congress is afulyl svoeing entiriyt with its own lelctorla mandate which oftne gets refrehsc more oftne than the presidents which limtis th eability of th president ot dictate ot the Congress. thise forces the presdient o negioate withthe congress
in 2019, the republcian had lost th eaboslutel domiantion fo the house which allowed House democrats lead by nancy peolsoi to cause a govnermtn shutdown in order ot back down off th esouthern border wall.
the Presidental state of the union allowes the presidn to set out osme levelf agenda nd national concensus but rather is amore fo negioation woith econgress as turmp used his 20206 state fo the union to call for the SAVE act ot be passed. despite this it was not passed as fears where that this could be struck downadn bve a weast eo the congresses time. this wawalso down durign the attmepted passage fo the DREAM act by OBama in 2012
despite the time of crisis, the presdient is not fully abel to dictate to the Cpongress with the democrats in the congress abel to extract signficant bonosu for Medicare which forced the presdient negiaotiot the scoepfo the bill too with the addition of a standign commitee for th especific monitoring of this issue.