Do State Governors Deal With Congress In Any Way?
The relationship between state governors and the United States Congress can be a little murky at times. In the sense of having a direct role in the federal legislative process, state governors may be able to assert some political influence over their own state’s senators and representatives, but they have no official role in the voting process. State governors have much more power and influence at the state government level.
The relationship between state governors and the United States Congress can be a little murky at times. In the sense of having a direct role in the federal legislative process, state governors may be able to assert some political influence over their own state’s senators and representatives, but they have no official role in the voting process. State governors have much more power and influence at the state government level. The US Congress has an established pecking order, beginning with freshman or first year House representatives and ending with long-serving senators and the appointed president pro tem, usually a respected senator from the majority political party. State governors are not included in that hierarchy of power, although they are not without their uses for federal legislators.
