Presidents Have, in Recent Decades, Reduced the Importance of the Senate

question 56

Multiple Choice

Presidents have, in recent decades, reduced the importance of the Senate in foreign policy through the use of:

• A) advisement by the National Security Council, an executive branch unit that includes its major foreign policy players.
• B) executive agreements that can, without Senate approval, create a politically binding understanding between the United States and another country.
• C) executive orders that can create temporary understandings between the United States and another country, allowing for more efficiency and flexibility in diplomacy.
• D) executive orders that allow presidents to easily take funds away from one area of the federal budget and dedicate those funds to urgent foreign policy needs.