The Pros And Cons Of The Presidency

The Presidency has several ways of bypassing Congress that are upheld by courts to certain extents. For over 70 years the US presidents have repeatedly used these methods to put forward agreements that benefit the country and have less chance to get done if done with the Senate’s approval mainly because of the collective action problems Congress, especially the Senate, faces. In 2015, the current President, Barack Obama, signed the Paris Agreement on climate change that requires countries to reduce carbon emissions with the purpose of increasing the global temperature to below 2 degrees Celsius. In addition, countries must report and prove this progress with actual numbers. Climate change has always been a very controversial argument especially …show more content…
In other words, because the political parties have grown to be very extreme, when these branches have opposite party representation in their leaders, it is very difficult for the two branches to agree on policies. A united government allows more policies to be made because both branches would be focused on the same things, they have the same party platform to follow and uphold. Because this was done under a divided government, Congress is trying to make the Paris Agreement go under the Senate’s advice and consent so that the agreement does not go through, which the President could veto and then two thirds of the Senate would have to vote against it in order for it to really not pass which is totally possible in this case because of the extreme opinions on climate change from both political parties. If Congress does not block funds or makes the agreement go under the advice and consent, this agreement will be in the hands of the next elected president to uphold or not. One could assume that this decision will be made merely based on which party