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Tuesday, March 7, 2023

Congress and the Executive I

Simulation details.  Will adjourn early for informal caucusing.

2021 sim

2022 sim


The article about Lauren Underwood.

For Thursday, Thurber, ch. 4.

The Struggle Over Presidential Authority: Article I and Article II

Vetoes (Davidson 300-303).  Biden has not vetoed any bills yet.



1— Strongly Support Passage
2— Support Passage
3— Do not Object to Passage
4— No Position on Passage
5— Oppose
6— Strongly Oppose
7— Secretary’s Veto Threat (single and multiple agency)
8— Senior Advisor’s Veto Threat
9— Presidential Veto Threat
Newt Gingrich, Lessons Learned the Hard Way (1998):
We had not only failed to take into account the ability of the Senate to delay us and obstruct us, but we had much too cavalierly underrated the power of the President, even a President who had lost his legislative majority and was in a certain amount of trouble for other reasons. I am speaking of the power of the veto. Even if you pass something through both the House and the Senate, there is that presidential pen. How could we have forgotten that? For me especially it was inexcusable, because when I was Republican whip during the Bush Administration one of my duties had been precisely to help sustain presidential vetoes.
Item Veto (Davidson 303): Supreme Court struck it down in Clinton v. City of New York.

Guess who was primarily responsible..

Signing statements 
Courts can also undo actions.  The case of DAPA -- US v. Texas


Power to Persuade








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