Rivals for Power

by Thurber, James A.; Andres, Gary (CON); Cohen, Richard E. (CON); Davidson, Roger H. (CON); Dietz, Nathan (CON)

• ISBN13: 9780742509917
• ISBN10: 0742509915
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-11-01
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Pub Inc

Summary

The first President Bush faced a long-entrenched Democratic majority in both houses of Congress. In his first term, Clinton entered into a unified government for the first time in many years, but all that changed with the midterm elections of 1994. The se

Table of Contents

Preface	ix
An Introduction to Presidential-Congressional Rivalry	1	(26)
James A. Thurber
The President and Congress at the Turn of the Century: Structural Sources of Conflict	27	(22)
James P. Pfiffner
Presidential Leadership of Congress: A Functional and Institutional History	49	(22)
Stephen J. Wayne
The Presidency and Congressional Leadership	71	(18)
Roger H. Davidson
The Impact of Campaigns on Presidential-Congressional Relations	89	(16)
Richard E. Cohen
Presidential Influence on Congress: New Solutions to Old Problems	105	(36)
Nathan Dietz
Successful Influence: Managing Legislative Affairs in the Twenty-first Century	141	(22)
Gary Andres
Patrick J. Griffin
Herding Cats: Presidential Coalition Building in the Senate	163	(22)
C. Lawrence Evans
Walter J. Oleszek
Politics of the Federal Budget Process	185	(22)
Leon E. Panetta
The Making of U.S. Foreign Policy: The Roles of the president and Congress over Four Decades	207	(22)
Lee H. Hamilton
Clinton's Military Actions: No Rivals in Sight	229	(26)
Louis Fisher
Conclusions about Congressional-Presidential Rivalries	255	(16)
James A. Thurber
Index	271	(12)
About the Contributors	283