POSC150 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Franklin D. Roosevelt, Rulemaking
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State of the union address (expressed power) Power to offer congress a legislative agenda. Can be overridden by majority in each house of congress. If president does not sign legislation into law during the last 10 days of session, it is automatically vetoed. Congress does not have opportunity to override it. Rule or regulation that has the effect and formal status of legislation. Think of the president as the ceo of the executive branch. Appointed by president and confirmed by senate. President, vice-president, secretaries of state, defense, and the. Treasury, attorney general, and others invited by the president. Permanent agencies that perform management tasks for the president. Prepare national budgets, design presidents program, oversee regulatory proposals, and report on agency activities. For most of our history, congress held the real power of the american. Presidential power has expanded through conscious efforts of successive presidents.