Q: Herman Cain’s net worth has been reported from $2.8 million to $18 million. What is his net worth?
— Don White, Atlanta
A: Herman Cain is worth between $2.9 million and $6.6 million, according to the disclosure forms that are required of all presidential candidates, the Los Angeles Times reported. He was a former CEO of Godfather's Pizza, has benefited from investments in Whirlpool and Coca-Cola and has been paid in the six figures for serving on the boards of Whirlpool, Hallmark Cards and Agco. He reportedly has earned between $1.1 million and $2.1 million in 2010 and 2011.
Q: Can executive orders be overturned by the Congress? What controls are there to keep an out-of-control president from causing havoc?
— Anita Johnson, Smyrna
A: Congress can overturn a presidential executive order if it is based on a power delegated to the president by Congress, Gerhard Peters, the co-director of the American Presidency Project at the University of California Santa Barbara, told Q&A on the News in an email. "Obviously, the president may veto the congressional action, so Congress would probably need the two-thirds vote in each chamber to override the veto," Peters wrote. Congress is less likely to challenge executive orders that pertain to foreign policy, national defense or treaties, since these powers are granted largely to the president by the Constitution, according to ThisNation.com, a website about the U.S. government. Executive orders have been used by every president, but many of them were seen only by the agencies involved, according to the website.
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