Council of Economic Advisers

Informal Powers of the President

1. Executive orders 2. Executive privilege 3. Agenda setting 4. Impoundment

4. Impoundment

ability to refuse to spend money appropriated by congress (this was ruled unconstitutional)

1. Executive orders

orders written by president or agency that have the weight of law. There are several ways to undo executive orders: president can rescind it, next president can rescind it, the supreme court can rule it unconstitutional

Council of economic advisers

part of executive office, help advise the president on economic issues

3. Agenda Setting

president sets out the legislation he wants passed (he uses his bully pulpit)

2. Executive privilege

right of president to keep certain documents private if pertaining to national security (in USA vs. Nixon the supreme court ruled that executive privilege is NOT unlimited)