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This following statement is true but irrelevant, for answer look below.
Congress has no Executive power. It is the Legislative branch; the Executive branch would include the Presidency. There are several checks and balances between the two(The president leads the army, but only Congress can declare war, etc.), but they are essentially separate. When the Framers were creating the Constitution, they decided against a Unitary form of government(where the 'president' is elected by and comes from the 'congress') because they felt it could lead to the same tyranny that they had just finished fighting against, thus they made the Executive and Legislative branches wholly separate and equal.
Actually the powers this question is probably referring to is the ability to approve presidential appointments and the ability to approve treaties. suck it
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The Continental Congress exercised what two powers?
From its one chamber the legislature of the Second Continental Congress exercised both legislative and executive powers. Therefore, it is known as a unicameral legislature.
What did the framers give congress to protect liberty and specify its powers?
executive power
Why did the framers make the executive branch share some of its powers with congress?
They could see into the future.
Can the congress overpower the president?
Yes, they can with enough votes they can override a veto. The Constitution established the principle of federalism, a dividing and sharing of powers and the principle of separation of powers and checks and balances. Each branch has its own powers and can check the powers of the other two branches. Congress has powers to check the executive branch, by overriding a veto,as noted above, as one example. Congress may enact legislation the President does not want and may pass it over his veto but the President may also use the "pocket veto" in which case the congress is not in session at the end of ten days the President has to sign or veto a bill, and then the bill does not become law. The Congress may not overpower the Executive Branch by the use of force.
Where does it say in the constitution what powers the judicial branch has over the executive branch?
The powers of the judicial branch are contained in Article III of the Constitution, but those powers are not over the executive branch...they are separate from the powers of the legislative and executive branches.
