Advice and consent
Parliamentary procedure / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Advice and consent is an English phrase frequently used in enacting formulae of bills and in other legal or constitutional contexts. It describes either of two situations: where a weak executive branch of a government enacts something previously approved of by the legislative branch or where the legislative branch concurs and approves something previously enacted by a strong executive branch.
For the novel, see Advise and Consent. For the 1962 film starring Henry Fonda and Don Murray, see Advise & Consent.