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• The President dominates foreign policy by making treaties and executive agreements


  The President dominates foreign policy more than Congress
• Treaties are agreements with other countries and need Congressional permission
• Executive agreements are similar to treaties but do not need Congressional permission
•  Obama


  • had a 2010 New Start treaty that was passed with 71-26
  • signed the Paris Agreement in 2015
• President


  he can control relationship with other countries and the world which Congress can not do
• the president needs permission from Congress for treaties


  Congress dominates foreign policy more than the President
• Clinton


  1996 Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban was rejected by senate 48-51
• Congress still dominates as the president cannot act without the permission from Congress and Congress can have the US nation in mind when the President does not
• Despite treaties needing to be ratified by Congress, the President still dominates foreign policy more than Congress as he can create executive agreements which do not need the permission from Congress