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Congress does not have complete authority over the billing process. Presidents, once they sign a bill, can issue signing statements that can alter how the law is implemented. Even if congress works extremely hard to make a bill to their own specifications, the president can almost twist congresses words to make the law suit them.
Veto overrides are much harder in practice than they may seem. Super majorities are almost impossible to form and, as such are almost never utilized to override a veto. While it is completely within congresses enumerated powers, its uses are few and far between, and the vast majority of the time do little to make a dent in the executive branch's veto power.
Impeachment is extremely hard to achieve and even harder to prevent from backfiring. Often times, after an impeachment attempt congressmen will be hit hard from voters. Not to mention, getting a super majority in and of itself is extremely difficult. The combination of these two factors means that impeachment is not nearly as powerful as it may seem.
For the executive
While it would seem that the branch with more powers would be the most powerful, it is not the case. The more powers a branch has, the more they are limited to only those powers. Congress is the most heavily enumerated out of all three branches, and as such they are very limited on what actions they can make. The Executive, on the other hand, is given significant leeway on how to act. The executive has a lot of implied powers, and that is one of the reasons that the president in particular was able to take a much more central role in american politics than originally intended. Congress however, is stuck doing only what is in their enumerated powers.
For the executive
When a law is passed by congress, presidents have the ability to make a signing statement in which presidents can interpret the law however they want to. This means that even if congress goes through the trouble to pass a law, which is one of their main powers, the president still gets the last word into how the law actually plays out.
For the executive
Executive privilege can get around congress and their investigations. For example, during McCarthyism, Eisenhower was able to prevent McCarthy from investigating members of the executive by claiming that they had privileged information that could not come out for the sake of the safety of the united states. Under executive privilege, Eisenhower was allowed to do that, ergo executive privilege means that the executive can thwart congress.
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