Distinguish between the president's role as chief executive and the president's role as chief legislator

What will be an ideal response?


An ideal response will:
1, Define the president's constitutional role in the legislative process: veto bills, recommend legislation, deliver a State of the Union address. Since the FDR era, presidents have also sought to influence national policymaking by actively supporting legislation.
2, Describe the role of chief executive. The president assembles a staff and the cabinet, enforces laws, and spends money allocated by Congress. The president is the top bureaucrat in the national government and is empowered to issue executive orders with regard to the federal bureaucracy that have the effect of law.

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