President’s role in domestic/budget policy-making Social Research

President’s Role in Domestic/Budget Policy-Making
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President’s Role in Domestic/Budget Policy-Making
Introduction
The president is known to be an executive leader in both presidential as well as semi-presidential regimes. They serve more than just being figureheads within parliamentary regimes. This is since they impact the policymaking process, which varies considerably within different regimes. In this case, the domestic role that presidents play could be categorized into economy and law. In this case, it is the duty of the president to ensure that the law is enforced. Simultaneously, the president is obliged to ensure the creation of regulatory bodies whenever necessary. For instance, the creation of the Department of Labor for the initiative of President Woodrow Wilson, whereby he oversaw the creation of a new cabinet position. Further, the president’s major aspect of domestic policy concerns the general economy. This is since his legal duties immensely as well as indirectly influence the economy. Other responsibilities, such as the creation of the budget, also impacts the economy as well the lives of the citizens.
Roles
The president has a potential influence on fiscal policy, whereby, through the history of the United States, influential presidents have had significant effects on the levels of domestic spending as well as tax favors. In this case, the presidents have made efforts to act in an attempt to reduce such outlays. The constitution clearly outlines the roles of the president as the head of the executive branch, the chief diplomat, the commander in chief of the armed forces with powers to nominate judges as well as all members of the executive branch. As the head of the executive branch, the president has the responsibility of enforcing federal law and require reliable information from the executive departments on the official duties. As the commander in chief of the armed forces and the navy as they serve the interests of the country. Article 1 of the Constitution states that it is the duty of the president to sign and approve a bill before it can become a law. The president is vested with powers to reject any form of legislation passed by Congress; this is known as exercising the veto.
The aspect of budget creation presents one of the huge undertakings by the president that is quite involving. This is since the budget provides for funding of different programs, services as well as military activities alongside current legislation in details. In this case, the various choices that the president makes on funding programs influence different sections of the country. For instance, any form of presidential decision on an increase in defense spending leads to cut in the welfare program spending. In the case of a war outbreak, the president has to take more power owing to responsiveness as well as decisiveness of the executive branch to prevent an economic crisis. For instance, the wake of the great depression made President Roosevelt create new programs that focused on alleviating elaborate poverty as well as unemployment. Several such programs helped in the creation of federal jobs for Americans during such difficult times. However, some of the presidential policies do not fit into the domestic category as implied since some of the policies fall between domestic and foreign policies. For instance, the cases that involve negotiation on tariffs with other nations that largely affect taxes paid on goods based on the exports and imports of goods.
The president serves as an economic planner working alongside the Council of Economic Advisors as well as members of the executive branch for the purposes of crafting economic policy. The implementation of the economic policy is done in part through the national budget that the president crafts with the assistance of the Office of Management and Budget alongside executive departments. Further, the president proposes the legislation as well as commenting on pending bills for the purposes of achieving policy and spending goals.
According to the new positive political theory, there is a demonstration with the empirical evidence confirming the fact that the president’s formal constitutional tool of influence is referred to as the veto is surrounded by limitation of use. This is especially in the event that Congress members establish clear preferences on policies. In this case, the influence of the president can only be realized in the event that his own policy preferences are established by one-third of the members of Congress, and willing to compromise on some issues. However, the formal veto does not usually affect the budget outcome, in the event that the preferences of Congress place the president and most members at the contrary extremes of the policy spectrum. Importantly, the informal influence of the president over Congress could possibly change the nature of the fiscal policy. For instance, Ronald Reagan’s reforms concerning domestic spending as well as taxes, provide one of the eminent examples.
The party factors, such as the president’s leadership of the party that determines the election of Congress candidates, guarantees him the favor of support from the members of Congress. Indeed the Presidential powers that focus either formal or informal resources all have merit in his major decisions and control of the domestic budget. Therefore, it is clearly evident that the president needs the support of Congress for him to undertake domestic duties effectively. One of the dilemmas of the president is that he has no natural allies, therefore, his quest to affect fiscal policy in a decentralized and universal Congress becomes a challenge. However, the presidentially led policy changes within the Congress can only take place in the event that the president uses new policy resources from the legislative arena that is under his control.
In this case, one of the policy resources applicable by presidents is the coattail effect, ...