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100 _aChaddock, Gail Russell,
245 0 _aCongress Watches Its Power Ebb.
_cGail Russell Chaddock.
260 _bChristian Science Monitor,
_c2003.
440 _aSIRS Enduring Issues 2004.
_nArticle 31,
_pGlobal Issues,
_x1522-3221;
500 _aArticles Contained in SIRS Enduring Issues 2004.
500 _aOriginally Published: Congress Watches Its Power Ebb, May 21, 2003; pp. n.p..
520 _a"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."
599 _aRecords created from non-MARC resource.
650 _aExecutive power
650 _aLegislative power
650 _aPower (Social sciences)
650 _aPresidents
650 _aTreaty-making power
610 _aUnited States
_bCongress
650 _aWar and emergency powers
710 _aProQuest Information and Learning Company
_tSIRS Enduring Issues 2004,
_pGlobal Issues.
_x1522-3221;
942 _c UKN
999 _c35295
_d35295