Congress and the Executive IV

For next Tuesday, Davidson, ch. 12, Thurber ch. 5.  

For next Thursday, Thurber, ch. 8.

WHAT IF TRUMP WIN THE PRESIDENCY AND GOES TO PRISON?

Some Review:

Unilateral action

NAIL: Nominations, Appropriations, Investigations, Legislation

Nominations 

• Extent of confirmation power (about 1200 jobs)
• Nominations: Senate data
• Cabinet nominations rejected or withdrawn
• Hearings:  To head FAA Biden nominated Philip Washington, CEO of Denver International Airport.  It did not go well. 
  

Appropriations

• Limitation riders and the case of ACA

Investigation and Oversight 

• GAO 
• CBO
• CRS
• Diminished institutional capacity
• The role of the press -- featuring an alum of this course!!

Legislation: Executive Branch Organization and Laws on Reporting

• Inspectors General  (Trump firings)
• Reporting requirements
• The old legislative veto and the Congressional Review Act.  (A rare example of one that became law)  See Thurber 106.
• AUMF (Thurber 113-114.)  More in 2 weeks.

• Congress "organizes" the executive:
  --  The "organization" of DHS.
-- DNI and the intelligence community

Biden

Party Unity

Presidential success