I wonder if the OP even survived after all this help.
Taking this kind of class, probably pre-law. Call it a good deed done. Nip it in the bud, Andy.
Okay, serious answers.
The President and the Senate both have powers that affect national security issues. The Constitution splits up government powers so the different branches need to reach an agreement in order to do something and so each branch has leverage to influence the actions of the others. For example, the Senate has the power to declare war but the President has the power to give orders to the military. The President has the power to negotiate treaties but he has to get those treaties ratified by the Senate. The Senate has the power to enact laws but the President has the power to enforce those laws.
As for the balance of power between them, there’s no definitive answer. It depends on who’s in office. A strong President is more powerful than a weak Senate and a strong Senate is more powerful than a weak President. The President has the advantage that he’s a single individual (along with an administration that works for him) while the power of the Senate is split up among its hundred individual members (and the Senate usually has to work with the House of Representatives). But the Senate has the power to impeach the President and remove him from office while the President cannot dismiss the Senate or remove Senators from office.
All I know is the President dare not enter the Senate for fear of getting stabbed by Brutus.
Except during the Clinton administration, in which it was a case of hetero-political erections.
Well, during the Clinton administration, the president was hard at work.
Oh crap, why am I posting in my underwear?
How I got the internet in my underwear, I’ll never know.
The Senate, being the upper chamber, is responsible for countries with North in their name because these countries are farther up.
This is also related to why the Senate was the body that questioned Oliver North.
That’s just a misnomer to fool potential viking incursions. Like with Iceland & Greenland.
IIRC, they made an exception for him because he was only a Sergeant Colonel and wasn’t a Full Lizard Colonel.
Odd, but I recall him being fully lizardly.
And New Zealand. Don’t forget New Zealand.
New Zealand won’t let you forget New Zealand. They’re very zealous.
Eh? I don’t get it, where’s the joke in that?
I think the joke is that the assignment was probably due two days ago when the OP was posted.
Surely someone would have had the courtesy to suggest the OP search America’s most trusted news source for the answer.
I’m glad I stopped by. I didn’t know half of this stuff!!!
Having said that, as I recall the only body Oliver North was interested in was Fawn Hall’s, but that’s another thread entirely.
Was it Fawn Hall or Donna Rice? I could never keep those two straight.