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1 online resource (xvii, 199 pages) |
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Joseph V. Hughes Jr. and Holly O. Hughes series on the presidency and leadership |
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Presidency and leadership (Unnumbered)
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| Contents |
List of participants: White House Congressional Affairs Symposium, September 12-13, 2003 -- Preface -- Bridging the constitutional divide: an introduction -- The job description: the scope of the Congressional liaison's responsibilities -- The partisan dimension: working with your party-and the other -- Bicameralism: working with the House and the Senate -- Working with and for the president: the president's style, political circumstances, and priorities |
| Summary |
Bridging the Constitutional Divide: Inside the White House Office of Legislative Affairs is sure to fascinate, and even to entertain, scholars, students, and general readers interested in the ever-shifting relationship of the presidency to the legislative branch |
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In September 2003, seven former heads of the White House Office of Legislative Affairs gathered for the first time ever to compare their experiences working for every president from Richard Nixon to Bill Clinton. For two days, these congressional liaisons, charged with moving their respective presidents' legislative agendas through an independent--and sometimes hostile--Congress, shared first-hand views of the intricacies of presidential-congressional relations: how it works, how it doesn't work, and the fascinating interplay of personalities, events, and politics that happens along the way |
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This two-day seminar, hosted by noted presidential scholar Russell Riley and the University of Virginia's Miller Center of Public Affairs, also featured a number of invited scholars of American politics, including the eminent Richard E. Neustadt, who appeared just before his death a month later. The event was thus a rare opportunity for academics and practitioners to sit at the same table to explore together the exercise of presidential leadership |
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As explained by Riley," ... these discussions enlighten in two ways: they provide us a revealing glimpse into the inside, usually hidden, business of Washington, and they afford us the considered reflections of a thoughtful group of political veterans." What makes these exchanges especially compelling, however, is their bipartisan cast, with Republicans Max L. Friedersdorf, William L. Ball III, and Frederick McClure joining Democrats Frank Moore, Charles M. Brain, John Hilley, and Lawrence Stein in thoughtful and friendly conversation. --Book Jacket |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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| Subject |
United States. White House Office. Office of Legislative Affairs -- Congresses
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United States. White House Office. Office of Legislative Affairs |
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Executive-legislative relations -- United States -- Congresses
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Freedom & Security -- Law Enforcement.
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Executive-legislative relations
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United States
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| Genre/Form |
Conference papers and proceedings
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Riley, Russell L. (Russell Lynn), 1958-
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| ISBN |
9781603443272 |
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1603443274 |
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