Congress and the President I

A leftover from last week, some legislative slang:

• Martial Law (2008 example)
  
• Vote-a-Rama
  
• Hotlining
  
• Phonemarking
• Ping-ponging
  
• BTU'd

Vetoes

Statements of Administration Policy

• Support
• Oppose

We shall see a classic video presentation of LBJ working his will on Congress. Here is an audio on the same topic. (And another.) Could you picture similar conversations with President Bush?