Between The Branches: The White House Office of Legislative Affairs (Pitt Series in Policy & Institutional Studies)

Because of the power-fearing drafters of the U.S. Constitution, the president’s tools for influencing Congress are quite limited.  Presidents have had to look beyond the formal powers of the office to push a legislative agenda.  In Between the Branches, a book of unprecedented depth, Kenneth Collier traces the evolution of White House influence in Congress over nine adminstrations, from Eisenhower to Clinton.  It will enlighten students of the presidency, Congress, and all those interested in American politics.

• Constitutional Conflicts between Congress and the President
• Rivals for Power: Presidential-Congressional Relations
• The Federal Budget: Politics, Policy, Process
• Rivals for Power: Presidential-Congressional Relations
• The President's Agenda: Domestic Policy Choice from Kennedy to Clinton
• The PARTISAN DIVIDE: Congress in Crisis
• Congress and Its Members
• Policy Paradox: The Art of Political Decision Making (Third Edition)
• American National Security
• Senate Procedure and Practice