The scandal proved to be president nixon's undoing.

The Watergate scandal proved to be President Nixon's undoing.

Explanation:

The Watergate scandal was a major political scandal that took place in the United States in the 1970s as a result of a theft of documents in the Watergate office complex in Washington DC, home of the National Committee of the Democratic Party, and the subsequent Nixon administration's attempt to cover up those responsible. When the conspiracy was uncovered, the Congress began an investigation, but the resistance of Richard Nixon's government to collaborate in this led to an institutional crisis.

The term Watergate then began to encompass a great variety of clandestine illegal activities in which personalities of the US government chaired by Nixon were involved. These activities included harassment of political opponents and persons or officials who were considered suspicious. Nixon and his close collaborators ordered the harassment of groups of activists and political figures, using police organizations or intelligence services, such as the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). The scandal uncovered multiple abuses of power by the Nixon government, which resulted in his resignation as President of the United States in August 1974.

i believe the answer would be 1.

they usually pass federal laws

and sometimes in the elections of the president