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Congress, the President, and Foreign Policy
Since the end of the Vietnam War, Congress and the president have struggled over the degree of control the executive branch has over foreign policy and war-making powers. Examine this struggle over the last 35 or so years. What has been the impact of the War Powers Resolution? Why does Congress want more say in foreign affairs? Why does the president want more autonomy? How has the power balance shifted during the presidency of George W. Bush?
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UPI NewsTrack TopNews, Congress agrees: Iraq gets grant, not loan.
United Press International Oct 30, 2003 pNA (956 words)
Keeping our promise to Africa: President Bush proposed a historic foreign aid initiative to Africa, but Congress now threatens to make that pledge empty rhetoric. (Viewpoint) Christine Vladimiroff.
National Catholic Reporter Oct 3, 2003 v39 i42 p23(1) (775 words)
Congress goes AWOL. (War In Iraq). John Isaacs. Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists May-June 2003 v59 i3 p20(3) (1474 words)
Probing 9/11: a bipartisan commission is at work, but how tough it will be is still unknown. (Articles). (9/11 Commission investigates lead-up to terrorist acts) David Corn. The Nation July 7, 2003 v277 i1 p14 (2118 words)
Suing the president: members of Congress are endeavoring to prevent Pres. Bush from abrogating treaties without Congressional consent. (National Affairs). Craig Eisendrath. USA Today (Magazine) May 2003 v131 i2696 p18(3)
Congress gives Bush three-year waiver for threat reduction. (News and Negotiations). (2003 Defense Authorization Act allows funding for U.S. dispose of foreign nuclear, biological and chemical weapons without conditions) Christine Kucia. Arms Control Today Dec 2002 v32 i10 p24(1)
War Powers: a new chapter continuing debate. (Looking at the Law). Charles F. Williams. Social Education April 2003 v67 i3 p128(4)
Coalition building and overcoming legislative gridlock in foreign policy, 1947-98. (Articles). (Statistical Data Included) Jeffrey S. Peake. Presidential Studies Quarterly March 2002 v32 i1 p67(17)
How to Forge Ahead. Lee H. Hamilton. The Washington Quarterly Spring 2001 v24 i2 p123
The time of the primitives. (US role in world affairs) James Chace. World Policy Journal Summer 1998 v15 n2 p99(2)
Dateline Capitol Hill: the new majority's foreign policy. Robert S. Greenberger. Foreign Policy Winter 1995 n101 p159(11) Mag.Coll.: 83C3370.
On the Hill: Home Alone. (foreign policy)(Brief Article) Michael Crowley. The New Republic Oct 8, 2001 p12 Mag.Coll.: 109D0061.
The Secret War to Come : THE WHITE HOUSE IS LIKELY TO KEEP A DON'T-ROCK-THE-BOAT CONGRESS IN THE DARK. (intelligence operations, United States) DAVID CORN. The Nation Nov 5, 2001 v273 i14 p18 Mag.Coll.: 109B0267.
Clinton could get no support for cutting off terrorists' funds, but Congress is likely to back Bush in pressuring foreign banks. (Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service) Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service Sept 26, 2001 pK7256
What Senators Are Thinking. (Brief Article) Foreign Policy March 2001 p14 Mag.Coll.: 106G3860.
Politics and bipartisanship at the water's edge: a note on Bush and Clinton. James M. McCormick, Eugene R. Wittkopf, David M. Danna. Polity Fall 1997 v30 n1 p133(17)
Iraqgate. (Bush administration's sale of weapons to Iraq) (Cover Story) Stephen J. Hedges, Brian Duffy. U.S. News & World Report May 18, 1992 v112 n19 p42(8) Mag.Coll.: 64G0777. Bus.Coll.: 65Q1113.
Overdrawn blank checks. (covert operations and other Presidential foreign policy) (editorial) The Nation Dec 17, 1990 v251 n21 p753(1) Mag.Coll.: 57L0262.
War Powers, Constitutional Balance, and the Imperial Presidency Idea at Century's End. TIMOTHY S. BOYLAN. Presidential Studies Quarterly June 1999 v29 i2 p232
The presidency and foreign policy. (policy decisions from 1941 to 1991) Stephen E. Ambrose. Foreign Affairs Winter 1991 v70 n5 p120(18) Mag.Coll.: 62J0139.
Laws as treaties? The constitutionality of congressional-executive agreements. John C. Yoo. Michigan Law Review Feb 2001 v99 i4 p757
Congress, the president, and the end of the cold war. (President of the United States) Eugene R. Wittkopf, James M. McCormick. Journal of Conflict Resolution August 1998 v42 n4 p440(27)
Clinton, Kosovo, and the final destruction of the War Powers Resolution. Geoffrey S. Corn. William and Mary Law Review April 2001 v42 i4 p1149
The War Powers Resolution: A Rationale for Congressional Inaction. TIMOTHY S. BOYLAN, GLENN A. PHELPS. Parameters Spring 2001 v31 i1 p109
Letter to Congressional Leaders on Further Deployment of United States Forces to East Timor. (Brief Article)(Transcript) Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Sept 4, 2000 v36 i35 p1964
Cambodia to Kosovo. (Pres Clinton sued for violating Article One, Section 8 of the Constitution and War Powers Act)(Brief Article) Alexander Cockburn. The Nation June 7, 1999 v268 i21 p9 Mag.Coll.: 99G0090.
If you know of a better 'ole, go to it. (presidents routinely sidestep War Powers Act) The Economist (US) April 17, 1999 v351 i8115 p31(1)
Declaring war. (Congress' constitutional power to declare war)(response to article by Louis Fisher and David Gray Adler in Political Science Quarterly, spring 1998 issue) The Wilson Quarterly Autumn 1998 v22 n4 p119(2)
The War Powers Resolution: time to say goodbye. Louis Fisher, David Gray Adler. Political Science Quarterly Spring 1998 v113 n1 p1(20)
Tug of war: foreign policy. (conflict between Pres Clinton and Congress over executive power to send troops to Haiti and Somalia) (American Survey) The Economist (US) Oct 23, 1993 v329 n7834 pA30(2) |
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