CMC Congress Course: Congress, Executive, Bureaucracy II

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Thursday, April 10, 2025

Congress, Executive, Bureaucracy II

For Tuesday, Davidson, ch. 12

Hollywood and history: Strauss and confirmation hearings.

Legislation: Executive Branch Organization and Laws on Reporting

Inspectors General (Trump firings)
Reporting requirements
The old legislative veto and the Congressional Review Act. See Davidson, p. 318
Congress "organizes" the executive:
-- The "organization" of DHS.

-- DNI and the intelligence community

Speeches and filibusters
Writings -- Senator Biden and the War Power
Electronic communications (e.g., tweets)
Demonstrations & Photo Ops
Interviews -- Using Fox to reach POTUS
Hearings (esp. Investigative Hearings)

Key hearings

Hiss-Chambers
McCarthy
Kefauver (and the fictional version)
Vietnam hearings
Senate Watergate hearings (the reveal at 10:30)
Iran-Contra hearings (4:20)
J6

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