I NAIL: Checking the Executive

I NAIL:  Impeachment, Nominations, Appropriations, Investigations, Legislation

Impeachment

• The Constitution
• Gerald R. Ford: "An impeachable offense is whatever a majority of the House of Representatives considers it to be at a given moment in history."
• House role
• Senate role
• Clinton

Nominations 

• Extent of confirmation power
• Nominations: Senate data
• Cabinet nominations rejected or withdrawn
• Hearings:  Whitehouse and White; DeVos

Appropriations

• Limitation riders

Investigation and Oversight

• GAO -- video
• CBO
• CRS
• Diminished institutional capacity

Legislation:  Executive Branch Organization and Laws on Reporting 

• Inspectors General  (POTUS WAS DISPLEASED!)
• Reporting requirements
• Congress "organizes" the executive:
  -- "Drug Czar"
-- The "organization" of DHS.
-- DNI and the intelligence community