Should We Increase the President's Legislative Powers? SOURCE: Harold

Should we increase the President's legislative powers? SOURCE: Harold W.Stanley and Richard G Niemi,Vital Statistics on American Politics,2015
2016 (Los Angeles: CQ Press,2015) ,252-254.
NOTE: Win-rate percentages based on the number of congressional votes supporting the
president divided by the total number of votes on which the president took a position.
-Why do presidents try to gain support for their initiatives instead of simply enacting their policy priorities outright?

A) because Congress cannot debate legislation without approval from the president
B) because the Constitution does not give the president any powers to influence public policy -Consider This: While the president may not be able to directly create legislation due to shared powers,he does have substantial opportunity to influence public policy through other means.
C) because the Constitution establishes a system of shared powers
D) because the president has diminishing power over the course of his or her administration