The article discusses the relations between the U.S. president and Congress regarding foreign policy during the 1940s, 1950s and the tenure of U.S. President Barack Obama, including in regard to the Korean War. An overview of the partisanship between the U.S. political parties the Democratic Party and the Republican Party (GOP), including the U.S. Democratic President Harry Truman's relations with the Republican Senator of Ohio Robert Taft, is provided.