YOU'RE ABOUT TO LEARN ABOUT ONE OF THE MANY TYPES OF JOBS THE PRESIDENT HAS!

           Legislative Leader

    The president cannot make major chages without the help of Congress. Without a good relationship between the President and Congress they would disagree on many laws and the decision wouldn't be in favor or the President.All fomer presidents have used many different kinds of techniques to pursuade Congress to pass a law. Some techniques are...........
• Inviting congressman to the White house to discuss the bill.
• He might call the congressmen.
• He also might promise to not veto a law that that particular congressman stands for.

 
    Introducing a bill to Legeslation
• President wants to pass a bill.
• President has a member of  the House of Represenatives or the Senate introduce the bill into       Congress.
• President may speak individually to try to  pursuade approval.
• A variety of tactics to persuade approval for example: making a speech on television or radio could influence the public who may then pressure Congress to vote a certain way.

 

Influencing Legeslation
 

• President has formal ways of influencing legeslation.
• Secession of Congress: addressing budget and ideas, and urgent issues.
• The president might make a State of the Union address to Congress.
• The president could threaten to veto a law, the congress approved.


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