Congress and the Presidency II

 No writeups necessary this week.  George Ashford (Sen. Gary Peters last year) will provide some thoughts.

After the simulation:

• Nominations Weldon statement
• Appropriations (riders)
• Investigation/Impeachment
• Legislation

Other forms of executive action   

• National security Hamilton in Federalist 8: "It is of the nature of war to increase the executive at the expense of the legislative authority." (more in the second half)
• Executive orders
• Presidential proclamations  
• National Emergencies Act: special powers and Trump tariffs
• National emergency
• Presidential memoranda  and Trump example
• Agency memoranda (DACA)

But what one administration does unilaterally, another administration can try to undo unilaterally:

• Reversal of DACA
• Reversal of border emergency

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

Power to Persuade

Trump honey and vinegar

More on the vinegar

LBJ and negotiation

Interview with the Bush leg affairs shop

CQ/Roll Call on presidential success (review from a few weeks ago)

Presidential approval and the "decay curve"