Four days earlier, on April 2, President Woodrow Wilson addressed a joint session of Congress to request a declaration of war on Imperial Germany. Among his reasons for war was Germany’s failure to comply with its promise to halt unrestricted submarine warfare in the North Atlantic. Continued German attacks upon merchant shipping brought Wilson to insist that “warfare against commerce is a warfare against mankind.”
1)To Submit Reports to Congress about their Activities. 2)Lawmakers ask one of Congress to study an executive agency's work. 3)Can appropriate Money and review budget 4)Veto