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Either the legislators or the President (is/are) able to propose legislation, but only Congress can vote the bill into law.

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In a "either A or B" construction, the verb must agree with the second term, the term closer to the verb. Since the singular noun "the President" is closer to the verb, we need the singular verb.

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