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Mosja Posted 6 years ago
Grammar

Does it mean the mandates make policies?

Mandate - When a political party or decision-maker has the authority to make decisions or put policies in place.


Political party and the decision-maker are mandates, right?

Maybe mandate is a phenomenon when the decision-maker have full control.

  

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mosja Political party and the decision-maker are mandates, right? No. For example the President of the United States has the authority to declare war against another country, but he needs a mandate (permission to execute a particular declaration in a particular war) from Congress.

  • mosja Political party and the decision-maker are mandates, right?
  • No.
  • For example the President of the United States has the authority to declare war against another country, but he needs a mandate (permission to execute a particular declaration in a particular war) from Congress.
  • This limitation on his authority was in the War Powers Resolution (WPR).
  • It was enacted in 1973 to define a congressional role in authorizing the use of force that was thought by many to have been lost in the Cold War and the Vietnam War.
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mosjaPolitical party and the decision-maker are mandates, right?

No.

For example the President of the United States has the authority to declare war against another country, but he needs a mandate (permission to execute a particular declaration in a particular war) from Congress. This limitation on his authority was in the War Po

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Let me try to explain using a simple example.

Party X tells the voters 'If you elect us, we will eg raise taxes'.

Party X wins the election easily, and gets a huge number of votes. This means that most of the country wants party X to raise taxes. We say that Party X has a strong mandate to raise taxes.

Now consider this example.

Party X tells the voters 'If you e

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