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Difference Between Executive Branch And Executive Agreements

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The executive branch has the power to create executive agreements. It’s an agreement between a foreign government and the executive branch and it has the same biding force as a treaty. An executive agreement is not as formal as a treaty, but it does not need senate approval. According to the website, Nolabels.com it says that, “This prompted a policy innovation, the executive agreement, as a tool to enable the president and government diplomats to negotiate agreements with foreign governments without the lengthy, sometimes cumbersome and politicized process of seeking Senate approval.” Although an executive agreement still requires congressional approval, but as long as the executive agreement does not overtake the constitutional authority
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