When Washington became president, there was no guidebook on how to be President, no guidance on how he worked with Congress. There were words in the Constitution, but they needed action to give them meaning. The Constitution and the Federalist Papers defined the authorities of Congress and the President in general terms and defined the restrictions on the President’s authority in great detail. But what did it mean? What did “advice and consent” …
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