Congress Watches Its Power Ebb. Gail Russell Chaddock.
by Chaddock, Gail Russell; ProQuest Information and Learning Company.
Series: SIRS Enduring Issues 2004Article 31Global Issues. Publisher: Christian Science Monitor, 2003ISSN: 1522-3221;.Subject(s): Executive power | Legislative power | Power (Social sciences) | Presidents | Treaty-making power | United States Congress | War and emergency powersDDC classification: 050 Summary: "From controlling budgets to deciding when and why to go to war, Congress appears less relevant today [May 2003] than at any time in decades....Since the founding of the Republic, power has ebbed and flowed between presidents and the Congress. But now a confluence of factors could signal a more lasting change, some experts say." (CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR) The author considers the factors that have led to "a legislative branch with diminishing clout."| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due |
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Originally Published: Congress Watches Its Power Ebb, May 21, 2003; pp. n.p..
"From controlling budgets to deciding when and why to go to war, Congress appears less relevant today [May 2003] than at any time in decades....Since the founding of the Republic, power has ebbed and flowed between presidents and the Congress. But now a confluence of factors could signal a more lasting change, some experts say." (CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR) The author considers the factors that have led to "a legislative branch with diminishing clout."
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