Legislative Leader

                                                                                  George Bush consulting with members of the House
 
        The president is the Chief Executive, Chief Diplomat, Commander in Chief, Party Leader, Judicial
Leader, and Chief of State. Every president comes with ideas to make a nation better. No president can make major changes without working with Congress. This page is devoted to the President's job of 'Legislative Leader'.
             The President must develop a close relationship with Congress because if he wants a bill passed he needs senators and representatives to vote for it. He needs the cooperation of the Congress  to pass the bills he wants.
            The president gets a bill introduced by getting one of his staff members to write a draft of the bill. Then later the president will OK a senator or representative to present the bill in Congress, the president tries to encourage members of the House to approve of it.
            The President can use a variety of techniques to encourage the passage of a bill.  Those may include calling members of congress, inviting them to the White House to discuss the bill or promising not to veto any bills that congress objects.  The president may make a speech and use it to appeal to an American people by doing this on TV.

        Once a year the President makes a State of the Union address to the Congress, the President presents the administration's goals for the upcoming year. Afterwards the President submits a budget to Congress, which recommends how the government should raise and spend money to reach what they're striving for. Congress does not have to accept the Presidents budget, but it usually does.