POLS 121 Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Santa Barbara City College
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Only when parties differ between president and congressional majority. When congress immediately agrees with president, it is aslbecause the president shifts his view ahead of time in anticipation of what congress will accept, and what they will not. If you change the decision making process, you change the. Presidents have to certify that countries are not violators of human rights and are not building nuclear weapons. Executive agencies are held accountable to congress. Congress released the fact that us gov"t was overpaying on defense by paying inflated prices on contractors items, so they said we were being inefficient as opposed to not tough of communism by cutting funding. Congressional powers do not translate well to crisis type situations. Concerns from members of congress of being seen as weakening. Minimal reward for challenging presidential policy during a crisis. Congress can legislate, can hold committee hearings. Ability to influence debate; to engage the media, etc.
