Title: Executive-Legislative Checks and Balances | Encyclopedia.com
Headings: Executive-Legislative Checks and Balances
Executive-Legislative Checks and Balances
Executive-Legislative Checks and Balances
Checks and balances
Veto power and override
Presidential veto
Congressional override
Sumners Veto Proposal
Legislative veto
Executive recommendation power
Legislative appropriations power
Impoundment
Reprogramming
Personnel ceilings and floors
Senatorial advice and consent
Executive appointments and removals
Treaties
War powers
Legislative oversight
Impeachment
Iran-Contra Scandal
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Content: They were especially fearful of giving too much power to the president, who might come to resemble an uncontrollable king. They were also fearful of giving too much power to the House of Representatives, which they saw as the chamber of Congress that would represent the popular will of America. The men who wrote the Constitution wanted to protect the wealthy class of society from the passions of popular democracy. To prevent the power of any one branch from being absolute, the Founding Fathers wrote the Constitution to contain a system of checks and balances. These are powers that each branch has for limiting the power of the other branches. Some scholars say the system of checks and balances actually creates a government of shared powers instead of one with separated powers. The checks and balances between the president and Congress are many. The most important are the president's power to veto, or reject, laws that Congress passes, and Congress's power to override a presidential veto. Other legislative-executive checks and balances are the executive recommendation power, the legislative appropriations power, senatorial advice and consent, the division of powers concerning war, congressional oversight work, and removal of the president and other executive officers by impeachment. Veto power and override
The U.S. Constitution gives the president the power to veto laws passed by Congress.