Foreign Policy versus Domestic Policy

Foreign policy decisions are often made more quickly and with more executive discretion than domestic policy, since the President can act as commander-in-chief and chief diplomat without needing new legislation for many day-to-day decisions, while most domestic policy changes require Congress to actually pass a law. Congress still holds real foreign-policy checks, including its constitutional power to declare war and control military funding, and the War Powers Resolution of 1973 requires the President to notify Congress within 48 hours of committing troops to combat and to withdraw them within a set window absent congressional authorization, though presidents have generally treated full compliance as optional and the law's own constitutionality remains disputed to this day.

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