Shantele Rector Milisent Trezevant Micheal Breau Christen Bennett Rachel Thomas

1. Shantele Rector Milisent Trezevant Micheal BreauChristen BennettRachel Thomas 4th period 10/13/08

2. Section 3-Congress & President • 1) Cooperation & Conflict • 2)Struggle for Power • 3)National budget/impoundment • 4)Legislative Veto • 5)Line-item veto

3. Cooperation & Conflict • This has varied in and throughout history. .This makes the demands for congress, .less active president such as Dewight Esienhower during 1950’s who don’t take aggressive role in shaping the legislation may get alone.

4. Struggle for Power • Checks and balances guarantees competition for presidential power, determining which branch will dominate depending on the political issues • example: cold war – more presidential dominance.

5. Congressional budget office- to provide financial experts to help congress. In addition, the act limited the president’s ability to impound funds. National Budget/impoundment

6. Legislative Veto • (def)A challenge to the presidents authority. • Presidents believe it’s a challenge to their authority. 1932-1983 it was declared unconstitutional. More than 200 laws have contained some form of legislative Veto. Congress argued that the device was an effective check on the executive branch. • Then in 1970 congress reasserted its authority. The once argued that it violated separation of powers. Since the supreme court ruling congress searched for a unsitutional alternative to the legislative veto

7. Line-item Veto • Enabling them to veto only certain lines or items in a bill. • Sentiment for giving the president such veto power was strong in the mid-1990’s, • Congress knew however, that a true line item veto would require a constitutional amendment. • House and senate made a complex verison of the bill in ’96 calling it an enhanced rescission bill.