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245 10 a| Strategic responsiveness :b| how Congress confronts presidential power /c| Scott H. Ainsworth, Brian M. Harward, and Kenneth W. Moffat.;

246 3 a| How Congress confronts presidential power;

264 1 a| Ann Arbor :b| University of Michigan Press,c| 2025.;

300 a| xviii, 196 pages :b| illustrations ;c| 23 cm.;

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490 1 a| Legislative politics & policy making;

504 a| Includes bibliographical references (pages 159-191) and index.;

505 0 a| Unilateral actions in a separated system -- Presidential unilateralism and congressional control -- A theory of strategic responsiveness -- The evidence : oversight and presidential unilateralism -- Is defense policy different? -- Conclusion.;

520 a| "Because the constitutional separation of powers often leads to delay or obstruction rather than coordinated policymaking, U.S. presidents are increasingly acting unilaterally to move policy. With the issuance of executive orders, signing statements, and policy memoranda, unilateralism has become a defining feature of the American presidency. Can Congress effectively use checks and balances to counter presidential unilateralism? Strategic Responsiveness takes a theoretically developed and empirically oriented approach -- situated within legal and historical contexts -- to explore the system of separated powers. The authors find that Congress is not as weak as many perceive it to be and show how members of Congress often anticipate individualized policy loss and choose to respond. These policy struggles shape the constitutional order as surely as broad, statutory constraints might. While the aggrandizement of the presidency and the usurpation of congressional control are not countered, ordinary policy losses are. For members and senators, presidential overreach is fine as long as the policy wins continue, but policy losses may motivate members to reassert congressional prerogatives in policymaking through increased oversight. Strategic Responsiveness reveals how profoundly important policy-level disputes are in the politics of maintaining a particular constitutional order" --c| Back cover.;

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Strategic responsiveness : how Congress confronts presidential power / Scott H. Ainsworth, Brian M. Harward, and Kenneth W. Moffat.

Author/creator	Ainsworth, Scott H. author.
Other author	Harward, Brian M., author.
Other author	Moffett, Kenneth W., author.
Format	Book
Publication	Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, 2025.
Copyright Date	©2025
Description	xviii, 196 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Subjects	United States. Congress--Powers and duties. Executive-legislative relations--United States. Separation of powers--United States.

Variant title	How Congress confronts presidential power
Series	Legislative politics & policy making Legislative politics & policy making. ^A1144557
Contents	Unilateral actions in a separated system -- Presidential unilateralism and congressional control -- A theory of strategic responsiveness -- The evidence : oversight and presidential unilateralism -- Is defense policy different? -- Conclusion.
Abstract	"Because the constitutional separation of powers often leads to delay or obstruction rather than coordinated policymaking, U.S. presidents are increasingly acting unilaterally to move policy. With the issuance of executive orders, signing statements, and policy memoranda, unilateralism has become a defining feature of the American presidency. Can Congress effectively use checks and balances to counter presidential unilateralism? Strategic Responsiveness takes a theoretically developed and empirically oriented approach -- situated within legal and historical contexts -- to explore the system of separated powers. The authors find that Congress is not as weak as many perceive it to be and show how members of Congress often anticipate individualized policy loss and choose to respond. These policy struggles shape the constitutional order as surely as broad, statutory constraints might. While the aggrandizement of the presidency and the usurpation of congressional control are not countered, ordinary policy losses are. For members and senators, presidential overreach is fine as long as the policy wins continue, but policy losses may motivate members to reassert congressional prerogatives in policymaking through increased oversight. Strategic Responsiveness reveals how profoundly important policy-level disputes are in the politics of maintaining a particular constitutional order" -- Back cover.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (pages 159-191) and index.
Issued in other form	Online version: Ainsworth, Scott H. Strategic responsiveness Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, 2025 9780472905010
LCCN	2024058220
ISBN	9780472057412
ISBN	9780472077410 hardcover ; acid-free paper
ISBN	0472077414 hardcover ; acid-free paper
ISBN	0472057413 paperback ; acid-free paper
ISBN	electronic book

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