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Banking Act
Congress passed the Banking Act, which gives the president the authority to appoint the seven members that direct the nation’s central banking system known as the Federal Reserve System -
Employment Act
Congress passed the Employment Act, giving new duties to the president. This law directed the president to submit an annual economic report to Congress. -
Secrets
Congress discovered that several presidents had kept secret many executive agreements giving military aid to South Vietnam, Laos, Thailand, and the Philippines. -
Agreements
congress passed a law requiring the president to make public all executive agreements signed each year -
Limits
Limit the president’s ability to wage war without a formal declaration by Congress -
Panama Canal
President Carter signed two treaties giving control of the Panama Canal to the government of that country, but the Senate had taken months to debate and ratify the controversial treaties. -
Troops
President George W. Bush began the “war on terrorism” by sending troops to Afghanistan. Congress passed an Authorization to Use Military Force in Afghanistan by overwhelming margins -
Armed forces
Congress passed a resolution that authorized the president to use the U.S. armed forces in Iraq “as he deems necessary and appropriate -
Foreigners
Supreme Court ruled in Hamdi v. Rumsfeld that the president cannot indefinitely lock up foreigners or U.S. citizens without giving them a chance to challenge their detention in court. -
Elections
When Democrats gained control of Congress in the elections, Bush’s success rate declined to 38 percent. -
Millitary
Justices rejected the Bush administration’s use of specially created courts called military tribunals to try suspected terrorists. -
Terrorism
President George W. Bush expanded presidential powers as a way to fight terrorism. Just weeks after the attacks, Congress passed the USA Patriot Act. -
Legit Governments
United States officially recognized the Libyan opposition group that controlled a region of that country as the legitimate government of the whole country. -
NATO
President Obama did not receive congressional approval for NATO airstrikes in Libya by the 60-day deadline. -
Welfare Cut
President Bill Clinton compromised with the Republican Congress to enact legislation that cut back federal funding for welfare programs in 1996, he was criticized by the more liberal members of his party
