| What are the five roles of the President? | Head of State, Chief Diplomat, Chief Legislator, Commander in Chief and
Chief Executive |
| What are the different powers of the president? | Propose Legislation, Submit the Annual Budget, Sign Legislation into law, Veto Legislation, act as Chief Executive to the Federal Bureaucracy, Nomination Chief, Commander in Chief, Commander in Chief and Power of Pardon |
| What is an example of the President's power to propose legislation? | Obama with the Affordable Care Act, Bush with No Child Left Behind. |
| What is an example of the President's power to Veto Legislation | Obama on Defence spending |
| What is an example of the President's power as Nomination Chief | Biden nominated 644 people for presidentially appointed |
| What is an example of the President's power as Commander in Chief? | Biden's first major challenge as commander in chief will be to find the most effective way to use the military to fight the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic |
| What is an example of the President's power to Negotiate Treaties? | Franklin D. Roosevelt negotiated an executive agreement that gave the United Kingdom 50 overage destroyers in exchange for 99-year leases on certain British naval bases in the Atlantic. |
| What is an example of the President's power to Power of Pardon? | Trump he granted executive clemency to more than 140 people, including his former chief strategist, Steve Bannon, who was charged in 2020 with defrauding donors as part of a private fundraising effort to build Trump’s U.S.-Mexico border wall. |
| What is something key about the formal powers of the president? | the powers of the President are not static, and change depending on circumstances. This is known as the Ebb and Flow of power between the President and Congress. |
| Where does power tend to flow to during a crisis? | power will flow towards the President |
| Where does power tend to flow during peace time? | power will flow towards the Congress |
