President & Congress
Both the President and Congress work closely together. Virtually anything the President accomplishes, Congress has to confirm or vise-versa. They are both an example of checks and balances. Checks and balances are employed to prevent the government from being too powerful. A few tools that are available to the President in his/her dealings with Congress are: obtaining public attention, being chief executive, and his budgetary office. These are all tools of power over Congress as a result of the President having a tremendous amount of influence on them. The first tool listed is obtaining public attention. The President obtains attention by speaking at typically anything resulting in all media covering what he/she says.
Both the President and Congress work closely together. Virtually anything the President accomplishes, Congress has to confirm or vise-versa. They are both an example of checks and balances. Checks and balances are employed to prevent the government from being too powerful. A few tools that are available to the President in his/her dealings with Congress are: obtaining public attention, being chief executive, and his budgetary office. These are all tools of power over Congress as a result of the President having a tremendous amount of influence on them. The first tool listed is obtaining public attention. The President obtains attention by speaking at typically anything resulting in all media covering what he/she says.