1 He makes treaties with the advice and consent of the Senate; but he alone negotiates.

2 The President (on advice and consent of the Prime Minister) appoints members of the Cabinet of Ministers, as well as heads of all central agencies and regional and district administrations.

3 The U.S. Constitution mandates that the executive branch will seek the "advice and consent" of the Senate to treaties with foreign powers.

4 Furthermore, the Senate's advice and consent is required for appointments of Cabinet members, ambassadors and other senior executive officers.

5 Companies were engaged in ways that went far beyond advice and consent.

6 The crisis of 1629-60 originated in Charles I's belief that by the royal prerogative he could govern without the advice and consent of Parliament.

7 Article II, Section 2, of the U.S. Constitution says the president “shall nominate, and by and with the Advice and Consent of the Senate,[] shall appoint high government officials.”

8 This the Obama administration, like its two most recent predecessors, wants to do, as probably does most of the Senate, which must provide its advice and consent.

9 The President, as noted above, appoints judges with the Senate's advice and consent.

10 The Commission consists of five Commissioners appointed by the President, with the advice and consent of the Senate, to serve staggered five-year terms.

11 The FEC consists of six commissioners appointed by the president with the advice and consent of the Senate.