(a) Executive Orders and Powers as Commander in Chief give the President complete power to take out orders that are important for our country. Executive orders have the full power of any law, and can be put into effect immediately. This overrules all of the checks of congress, but the judicial branch can still take down this law if it is seen as unconstitutional. Prior to the War Powers Resolution, Presidents could send in troops to different countries without congress approval. Now, they have certain guidelines in place to limit the powers of the president, although they are rarely followed.
(b) The budgetary powers of congress limit the amount of money that the President's Office of Management and Budget can receive. After Nixon's Presidency, and his refusal to spend money the way that congress wanted to, they came up with the Congressional Budget Act of 1974. Legislative oversight powers are used to control the power of the president and make sure that everything occurring in the government is constitutional.
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