Comments on: US presidentialism: no room for political deadlock https://theloop.ecpr.eu/us-presidentialism-no-room-for-political-deadlock/ ECPR's Political Science Blog Sat, 22 Apr 2023 04:56:06 +0000 hourly 1 By: Angela Romero https://theloop.ecpr.eu/us-presidentialism-no-room-for-political-deadlock/#comment-44094 Sat, 22 Apr 2023 04:56:06 +0000 https://theloop.ecpr.eu/?p=9702#comment-44094 There are factual errors in this article. For instance: The US Constitution gives the president important legislative instruments: the veto, the partial veto, the authority to legislate by decree, the exclusive initiative to start legislative initiatives, the budgetary initiative and the power to call a referendum. Regarding the presidential veto, the president has the power to veto law proposals from congress. There are two types of veto. A majority of 2/3 of congress can confirm the qualified negative veto. The pocket veto adopts the form of an absolute veto, and is not subject to congress confirmation.

The US Constitution does not give the President all of the legislative instruments mentioned in the statement. Here's a breakdown of each claim:

The President does have the power to veto legislation passed by Congress, but he or she does not have the power of partial veto.
The President does not have the authority to legislate by decree. That power rests solely with Congress.
The President does not have exclusive initiative to start legislative initiatives. Members of Congress may introduce legislation, as can the President through the State of the Union address or other means.
The President does not have the power to call a referendum. The United States does not have a national referendum system, and any referendum that is held would be done so on

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