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Senators face reelection every six years and representatives every two Reelections encourage candidates to focus their publicity efforts at their home states or districts. Running for reelection can be a grueling process of distant travel and fund-raising which distracts senators and representatives from paying attention to governing according to some critics. Although others respond that the process is necessary to keep members of Congress in touch with voters. The influence of Congress on the presidency has varied from period to period depending on factors such as congressional leadership presidential political influence historical circumstances such as war and individual initiative by members of Congress the impeachment of Andrew Johnson made the presidency less powerful than Congress for a considerable period afterwards the 20th and 21st centuries have seen the rise of presidential power under politicians such as Theodore Roosevelt Woodrow Wilson Franklin D Roosevelt Richard Nixon Ronald Reagan and George W Bush. However in recent years Congress has restricted presidential power with laws such as the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 and the War Powers Resolution Nevertheless the Presidency remains considerably more powerful today than during the 19th century. Executive branch officials are often loath to reveal sensitive information to members of Congress because of concern that information could not be kept secret; in return knowing they may be in the dark about executive branch activity congressional officials are more likely to distrust their counterparts in executive agencies. Many government actions require fast coordinated effort by many agencies and this is a task that Congress is ill-suited for Congress is slow open divided and not well matched to handle more rapid executive action or do a good job of overseeing such activity according to one analysis. Formal portrait of Chief Justice John Jay wearing judge's robe.

. 4 Retrocession vte A 1774 etching from the London Magazine copied by Paul Revere of Boston Prime Minister Lord North author of the Boston Port Act forces the Intolerable Acts down the throat of America whose arms are restrained by Lord Chief Justice Mansfield while the 4th Earl of Sandwich pins down her feet and peers up her skirt Behind them Mother Britannia weeps helplessly while France and Spain look on.