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CMV: The president isn't nearly responsible for as many things that are blamed on them and Americans need to place more blame for issues on Congress and the House of Representatives.

The president is obviously a huge part of our government and has an almost unmatched amount of influence in the world but everytime someone talks about an unfair or wrong policy or law it's always blamed on the current presidency when Congress is the one who puts law into effect int the first place. If we blamed the house and Senate as much as we did the president maybe people would care who was on the ballot for their state and actually get the policies they want to see implemented. Obviously this is not counting presidential decrees or other direct actions by the president himself.

Edit: Congress = Senate + House. I mixed it up.
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The role and authority of the president has dramatically changed over time. Originally the role of the president was definitely eclipsed by Congress. But that has dramatically changed. 

>Congress is the one who puts law into effect int the first place.

Congress has the authority to draft and pass laws. They can put it out there. But after that it's out of their hands. (barring amendments) How that ends up looking in practice is subject to the authority of the president and the many, many people that answer to the president. 

A great example is the Authorization for the Use of Military Force. The AUMF. Passed in the wake of 9/11, Congress passed the AUMF to authorize the president to respond to the attack. 

>"That the President is authorized to use all necessary and appropriate force against those nations, organizations, or persons he determines planned, authorized, committed, or aided the terrorist attacks that occurred on September 11, 2001, or harbored such organizations or persons in order to prevent any future act of international terrorism against the United States by such nations, organizations, or persons."

This was ostensibly intended to address the organization and people responsible for 9/11. It was intentionally somewhat vague by necessity. The structure of the organization (s) responsible isnt necessarily as static and clear cut as a traditional nation state or most enemies the US has fought in the past. 

Since then those 60 words have been interpreted in such a way to authorize the president to attack pretty much anyone anywhere at any time. It has since authorized military action in at least 19 different countries. Pretty much everything the military has done since 2001. 

Nowhere in there does it authorize the establishment of a secret offshore prison to detain anyone indefinitely without due process. But if you have the authority to kill, then you must have the authority to take prisoners. 

The president also has an active role in the legislative process. They do not actually write the legislation. And they don't vote on it. But if the president so chooses, they can increase the bar for passage of legislation from a simple majority to a supermajority. The veto in practice is equivalent to the votes of 1/6 of the house of reps. That gives the president a LOT of control over what ends up getting passed. Then after it gets passed they decide how it actually works in practice.