You are making some interesting Points regarding the Power of Congress against a President of the opposing Party.
My question is, if everything you say actually occurs in today’s Political World, why has Democrat President Obama gotten everything he ever wanted with both the House and Senate under control of the Republican Party?
Remember, Obama is the President who publicly attacks the Republican Congress shamelessly accusing them of anything and everything. Even then, they give him what he wants.
It’s quite a quandary thinking that a President Trump or even a President Cruz wouldn’t have the same success as Obama. Obama must be much more special than we ever thought.
Because you have the Dems united in support of Obama, and the GOP scared to death to oppose him in any meaningful manner. I think if Trump were elected, you would see Congress very united in opposing him. But even if not, this idea that Trump would just break the opposition to his will is ridiculous.
I think the only leverage Trump OR Cruz would have would be to veto the funding and keep vetoing it until they caved. But with both of them, there is a risk that the GOP and Dems would unite and override.