Identify 10 specific powers that the president has?

Answer 1

* Appoint Supreme Court justices and federal judges
* Appoint diplomats to foreign countries
* Appoint other government officials
* Approve or veto (reject) acts of Congress
* Command the United States' armed forces as commander in chief
* Grant pardons for federal crimes
* Make treaties with foreign countries as chief diplomat of the U.S.
*The president is the head of the executive branch of the federal government. He or she delegates a lot of that authority. The executive branch consists of fifteen departments: agriculture, commerce, defense, education, energy, health and human services, homeland security, housing and urban development, interior, justice, labor, state, transportation, treasury, and veterans affairs. The combined secretaries of all 15 departments make up the president's Cabinet. The secretaries are appointed by the president, but must be approved by a simple majority vote (51) of the Senate. A department secretary cannot be a member of Congress or hold any other elected office at the same time they are serving as a member of the Cabinet.
* The president is the head of the executive branch of the federal government. He or she delegates a lot of that authority. The executive branch consists of fifteen departments: agriculture, commerce, defense, education, energy, health and human services, homeland security, housing and urban development, interior, justice, labor, state, transportation, treasury, and veterans affairs. The combined secretaries of all 15 departments make up the president's Cabinet. The secretaries are appointed by the president, but must be approved by a simple majority vote (51) of the Senate. A department secretary cannot be a member of Congress or hold any other elected office at the same time they are serving as a member of the Cabinet.

Answer 2

And when the budget isn't balanced, who decides what to cut? If you can define what 'earmarks' are, that is, you can look at the budget and say A is an earmark project, and B is necessary spending, then you just need to make an amendment to ban earmarks and frivolous spending. The problem with forcing a balanced budget, I think, would be what gets cut/left in and who decides.