Did Harry Truman expand the powers of the executive branch?

Yes, if you are talking of executive orders. He used it a lot, and that was because the Congress won't back him. Or let's just say, he didn't have the majority in the house and the senate. read more

Yes, if you are talking of executive orders. He used it a lot, and that was because the Congress won't back him. Or let's just say, he didn't have the majority in the house and the senate. read more

INDEPENDENCE, Mo. -- Business, meaning research by historians and nourishment for history hobbyists, is brisk at the Harry S. Truman Library on this 60th anniversary of the Berlin Airlift, the desegregation of the armed services, recognition of the state of Israel and the improbable election of the president responsible for many momentous policies. read more