of the president. At least, this has been the case with declared wars, while Congress has tried to take more power over undeclared wars, beginning with the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution which attempted to curtail the ability of the president to enmesh the country further in Vietnam without congressional approval. The powers of the presidency during the Johnson and Nixon administrations were such that there was growing talk of the Imperial Presidency, a presidency with more power than the Founding Fathers would have wanted. There has been talk recently of the Imperial Congress as Congress has put more provisions in place requiring congressional approval for presidential actions. The president has increasingly had to deal with a Congress that has its own agenda. In recent years, loosening of party ties in Congress has made it more difficult for the president to control even his own party. Leaders
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