Congress And The Presidency

Author : Mordecai Lee
Publisher : Texas A&M University Press
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : History
ISBN : 9781603445351

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Institutionalizing Congress and the Presidency by Mordecai Lee Pdf

With its creation of the U.S. Bureau of Efficiency in 1916, Congress sought to bring the principles of "scientific management" to the federal government. Although this first staff agency in the executive branch lasted only a relatively short time, it was the first central agency in the federal government dedicated to improving the management of the executive branch. Mordecai Lee offers both a chronological history of the agency and a thematic treatment of the structure, staffing, and work processes of the bureau; its substantive activities; and its effects on the development of both the executive and the legislative branches. Charged with conducting management and policy analyses at the direction of the president, this bureau presaged the emergence of the activist and modern executive branch. The Bureau of Efficiency was also the first legislative branch agency, ushering in the large administrative infrastructure that now supports the policy-making and program oversight roles of Congress. The Bureau of Efficiency's assistance to presidents foreshadowed the eventual change in the role of the president vis-a-vis Congress; it helped upend the separation of powers doctrine by giving the modern executive the management tools for preeminence over the legislative branch.

Author : Nelson W. Polsby
Publisher : Prentice Hall
Page : 238 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 1976
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : UCAL:B3965337

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Congress and the Presidency by Nelson W. Polsby Pdf

Author : John A. Dearborn
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 347 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2021-09-10
Category : History
ISBN : 9780226797830

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Power Shifts by John A. Dearborn Pdf

"The extraordinary nature of the Trump presidency has spawned a resurgence in the study of the presidency and a rising concern about the power of the office. In Power Shifts: Congress and Presidential Representation, John Dearborn explores the development of the idea of the representative presidency, that the president alone is elected by a national constituency, and thus the only part of government who can represent the nation against the parochial concerns of members of Congress, and its relationship to the growth of presidential power in the 20th century. Dearborn asks why Congress conceded so much power to the Chief Executive, with the support of particularly conservative members of the Supreme Court. He discusses the debates between Congress and the Executive and the arguments offered by politicians, scholars, and members of the judiciary about the role of the president in the American state. He asks why so many bought into the idea of the representative, and hence, strong presidency despite unpopular wars, failed foreign policies, and parochial actions that favor only the president's supporters. This is a book about the power of ideas in the development of the American state"--

Author : Roger T. Larocca
Publisher : Parliaments & Legislatures
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2019-01-07
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0814255396

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Presidential Agenda by Roger T. Larocca Pdf

It is well understood that the president is a powerful agenda-setting influence in Congress. But how exactly does the president, who lacks any formal power in early stages of the legislative process, influence the congressional agenda? In The Presidential Agenda, Roger T. Larocca argues that the president's agenda-setting influence arises from two informal powers: the ability to communicate directly to voters and the ability to control the expertise of the many executive agencies that advise Congress on policy. ​Larocca develops a theoretical model that explains how the president can raise the public salience of issues in his major addresses, long accepted as one of the president's strongest agenda-setting tools. He also develops a theoretical model that explains how control over executive agency expertise yields a more reliable and persistent influence on the congressional agenda than presidential addresses. The Presidential Agenda tests these theoretical models with an innovative empirical study of presidential agenda setting. Using data from all House and Senate Commerce Committee bills from 1979 to 2002, Larocca converts information about bills into information about policy issues and then traces the path of presidential influence through the committee and floor stages of legislative consideration.

Author : Harvey Claflin Mansfield
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 696 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 1975
Category : Presidents
ISBN : UCSC:32106005785974

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Congress Against the President by Harvey Claflin Mansfield Pdf

Author : Steven A. Shull,Thomas C. Shaw
Publisher : SUNY Press
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 1999-07-27
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0791442748

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Explaining Congressional-Presidential Relations by Steven A. Shull,Thomas C. Shaw Pdf

Provides a multivariate analysis of presidential-congressional interaction.

Author : Peter M. Siavelis
Publisher : Penn State Press
Page : 286 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2010-11-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0271042451

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President and Congress in Postauthoritarian Chile by Peter M. Siavelis Pdf

As many formerly authoritarian regimes have been replaced by democratic governments in Latin America, Eastern Europe, and elsewhere, questions have arisen about the stability and durability of these new governments. One concern has to do with the institutional arrangements for governing bequeathed to the new democratic regimes by their authoritarian predecessors and with the related issue of whether presidential or parliamentary systems work better for the consolidation of democracy. In this book, Peter Siavelis takes a close look at the important case of Chile, which had a long tradition of successful legislative resolution of conflict but was left by the Pinochet regime with a changed institutional framework that greatly strengthened the presidency at the expense of the legislature. Weakening of the legislature combined with an exclusionary electoral system, Siavelis argues, undermines the ability of Chile's National Congress to play its former role as an arena of accommodation, creating serious obstacles to interbranch cooperation and, ultimately, democratic governability. Unlike other studies that contrast presidential and parliamentary systems in the large, Siavelis examines a variety of factors, including socioeconomic conditions and characteristics of political parties, that affect whether or not one of these systems will operate more or less successfully at any given time. He also offers proposals for institutional reform that could mitigate the harm he expects the current political structure to produce.

Author : John Spanier,Joseph Nogee
Publisher : Elsevier
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2013-10-22
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781483136400

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Congress, the Presidency and American Foreign Policy by John Spanier,Joseph Nogee Pdf

Congress, the Presidency and American Foreign Policy provides a critical look at the resulting executive-legislative relations in the conduct of American foreign policy. This book explores the capacity of American political institutions to conduct a foreign policy that will meet the nation's many needs. Organized into eight chapters, this book begins with an explanation of the Jackson-Vanik amendment; the congressional participation in US-Middle East Policy; and the implication of the domestic politics of SALT II for the foreign policy process. Subsequent chapters explore the negotiations and ratification of the Panama Canal treaties; the Turkish Embargo problem; economic sanctions against Rhodesia; and the energy policy. Lastly, the dilemmas of policy-making in a democracy are addressed.

Author : Arthur M. Schlesinger,Alfred De Grazia
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 189 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 1976
Category : Executive power
ISBN : OCLC:26973004

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Congress and the Presidency: Their Role in Modern Times by Arthur M. Schlesinger,Alfred De Grazia Pdf

Author : Richard Steven Conley
Publisher : Texas A&M University Press
Page : 298 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : History
ISBN : 9781603446815

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The Presidency, Congress, and Divided Government by Richard Steven Conley Pdf

Can presidents hope to be effective in policy making when Congress is ruled by the other party? Conley argues that the conditions of -divided government- have changed in recent years, and he applies a rigorous methodology to examine the success of presidential initiatives, the strategies presidents use in working with the legislature, and the use of veto power. -Although split-party control has not produced policy deadlock or gridlock, neither has its impact on presidential leadership and the retention of congressional prerogatives been adequately explored and analyzed.---Lou Fisher.

Author : Michael Foley,John E. Owens
Publisher : Manchester University Press
Page : 452 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Presidents
ISBN : 0719038847

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Congress and the Presidency by Michael Foley,John E. Owens Pdf

. The authors emphasise the dynamism of America's foremost political institutions within a democratic system. They examine recent developments in relation to the wider context of United States politics and reassert the importance of institutions in understanding this unique political system.

Author : Jon R. Bond,Richard Fleisher
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : History
ISBN : 9780226064109

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The President in the Legislative Arena by Jon R. Bond,Richard Fleisher Pdf

In recent years, the executive branch's ability to maneuver legislation through Congress has become the measure of presidential success or failure. Although the victor of legislative battles is often readily discernible, debate is growing over how such victories are achieved. In The President in the Legislative Arena, Jon R. Bond and Richard Fleisher depart dramatically from the concern with presidential influence that has dominated research on presidential-congressional relations for the past thirty years. Of the many possible factors involved in presidential success, those beyond presidential control have long been deemed unworthy of study. Bond and Fleisher disagree. Turning to democratic theory, they insist that it is vitally important to understand the conditions under which the executive brance prevails, regardless of the source of that success. Accordingly, they provide a thorough and unprecedented analysis of presidential success on congressional roll-call votes from 1953 through 1984. Their research demonstrates that the degree of cooperation between the two branches is much more systematically linked to the partisan and ideological makeup of Congress than to the president's bargaining ability and popularity. Thus the composition of Congress "inherited" by the president is the single most significant determinant of the success or failure of the executive branch.

Author : Jeffrey E. Cohen
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 187 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2019-06-11
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780231548199

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The President on Capitol Hill by Jeffrey E. Cohen Pdf

Can presidents influence whether Congress enacts their agenda? Most research on presidential-congressional relations suggests that presidents have little if any influence on Congress. Instead, structural factors like party control largely determine the fate of the president’s legislative agenda. In The President on Capitol Hill, Jeffrey E. Cohen challenges this conventional view, arguing that existing research has underestimated the president’s power to sway Congress and developing a new theory of presidential influence. Cohen demonstrates that by taking a position, the president converts an issue from a nonpresidential into a presidential one, which leads members of Congress to consider the president’s views when deciding how to vote. Presidential position taking also converts the factors that normally affect roll call voting—such as party, public opinion, and policy type—into resources that presidents can leverage to influence the vote. By testing all House roll calls from 1877 to 2012, Cohen finds that not only do presidents have more influence than previously thought, but through their influence, they can affect the substance of public policy. The President on Capitol Hill offers a new perspective on presidential-congressional relations, showing that presidents are not simply captives of larger political forces but rather major players in the legislative process.

Author : David J. Barron
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 576 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2016-10-04
Category : History
ISBN : 9781451681970

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Waging War by David J. Barron Pdf

“Vivid…Barron has given us a rich and detailed history.” —The New York Times Book Review “Ambitious...a deep history and a thoughtful inquiry into how the constitutional system of checks and balances has functioned when it comes to waging war and making peace.” —The Washington Post A timely account of a raging debate: The history of the ongoing struggle between the presidents and Congress over who has the power to declare and wage war. The Constitution states that it is Congress that declares war, but it is the presidents who have more often taken us to war and decided how to wage it. In Waging War, David J. Barron opens with an account of George Washington and the Continental Congress over Washington’s plan to burn New York City before the British invasion. Congress ordered him not to, and he obeyed. Barron takes us through all the wars that followed: 1812, the Mexican War, the Civil War, the Spanish-American war, World Wars One and Two, Korea, Vietnam, Iraq, and now, most spectacularly, the War on Terror. Congress has criticized George W. Bush for being too aggressive and Barack Obama for not being aggressive enough, but it avoids a vote on the matter. By recounting how our presidents have declared and waged wars, Barron shows that these executives have had to get their way without openly defying Congress. Waging War shows us our country’s revered and colorful presidents at their most trying times—Washington, Lincoln, Theodore Roosevelt, Franklin Roosevelt, Truman, Eisenhower, John F. Kennedy, Johnson, both Bushes, and Obama. Their wars have made heroes of some and victims of others, but most have proved adept at getting their way over reluctant or hostile Congresses. The next president will face this challenge immediately—and the Constitution and its fragile system of checks and balances will once again be at the forefront of the national debate.

Author : Arthur Meier Schlesinger,Alfred De Grazia
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 1974
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:310614342

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Congress and the Presidency by Arthur Meier Schlesinger,Alfred De Grazia Pdf