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The Congress and the Presidency

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I'm having trouble understanding what tensions were created by the Constitution between Congress and the presidency?

If this was deliberate, then why?

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The solution discusses the tensions created by the US Constitution between the Congress and the Office of the President.

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The founders feared a strong executive capable of legislating without the consent of the people. As you may or may not know, the colonists were under the rule of the King of England who unfairly taxed them without equal representation (hence: No Taxation without Representation). The tensions between the Congress and the President were definitely intentional because it allowed each of these two branches ...

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