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- Presidential Succession: A Recurrent Problem
- This report discusses the frequent problem is that of designating "what officer" shall act as president in the case of President and Vice president Succession and discusses various constitutional acts.
- Government Wage and Price Control: A Background Analysis
- This report details the background analysis related to the President's authority on wage and price.
- Presidential Inaugurations: The Case of Inaugural Dates Falling on Sunday
- This report's purpose is to present the constitutional and historical background of the "interregnum" question and to describe the precedents established on these occasions. It discusses when the date set for the inauguration of the president has fallen on a Sunday.
- A National President Primary? Presidential Primary Legislation in Congress: 1945-1968
- This report documents various ways presidential elections have changed over the years and how it has effected voters in the country.
- Powers of the President
- This report is about the powers of the President.
- Powers Of The President
- This report consists of the powers of president.
- Powers of the President in the Field of Foreign Policy
- This report is categorized in four categories: (I) Power as Commander-in-Chief, (II) Power to appoint and receive Ambassadors,(III) Power by and with the consent of the Senate to make Treaties and (IV) Power as chief Executive.
- Statement by the president on elementary and secondary school desegregation
- This report is about a statement by the President about Educationfor elementary and secondary school desegregation, along with the United States commision on civil rights concerning that statement.
- Federal Revenue Sharing with State and Local Governments: Allocations to Major Countries, Cities, and Towns
- This report documents the fiscal impact of President Nixon's revenue sharing proposal.
- Members of Presidents Cabinet; Biographical information as of February 1971, a compilation of Executive Department Press Release.
- This report is about the Members of Presidents Cabinet; Biographical information as of February 1971, a compilation of Executive Department Press Release.
- Vice Presidents of the United states 1789-1971
- This report provides information about the Vice Presidents of the United States from 1789 to 1971.
- The Dismantling of OEO
- This report covers the proposal of President Nixon to dismantle the Office of Economic Opportunity and the funding, challenges and final decisions regarding the matter.
- Presidential Tenure: A History and Examination of the President's Term of Office
- This report summarizes the ongoing debate on presidential tenure, mainly concerning proposed amendments for a six-year presidential term. In addition, the author presents arguments both for and against a six-year presidential term.
- Presidential Transition: A Selected Bibliography
- This bibliography was written to share the point of view of two major aspects of Presidential transitions: transferring the reins of government and the setting up of a new administration, and the effects such a change has on the Federal bureaucracy
- Federal Presidential primary proposals, 1911-1976
- This report presents Federal Presidential primary proposals between 1911 to 1976.
- Death of a Presidential Candidate or President Elect
- This report talks about the question - What happens on Death of Presidential Candidate or President Elect.
- A Summary of Presidential Vetoes: 94th Congress
- This report gives a summary of Presidential Vetoes
- Benefits to Former Presidents of the United States
- This report covers the benefits received by former presidents of the United States.
- The Assassination of President John F. Kennedy: The Warren Commission Report and Subsequent Interest
- This report contains information regarding the assassination of President John F. Kennedy in 1963, including knowledge about what happened before and after the event.
- The American Electoral College: Origins, Development, Proposals for Reform or Abolition
- This report is a comprehensive annotated bibliography of substantive books, monographs, articles, and documents treating the origins, evolution, and current operational characteristics of the U.S. electoral college system, as well as proposals for its reform or abolition. An explanatory introduction is provided for readers unfamiliar with the issue.
- The Unfolding of the Reagan Energy Program: The First Year
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- Electoral Votes by State: Changes Resulting from the 1980 Census
- This report presents a chart and a U.S. map describing the electoral votes by state and the changes resulted from the 1980 census.
- Social Security Financing
- The Old-Age and Survivors Insurance (OASI) program, the largest of the social security programs, will not have sufficient resources to meet its benefit payments on time in July 1983. Even if the program were permitted to continue to borrow from the other social security programs, the financial the shortfall would re-emerge in 1984.
- War Powers Resolution: Presidential Compliance
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- The War Powers Resolution: A Decade of Experience
- "This report analyzes the provisions of the [War Powers] Resolution and a decade of experience with it" (p. ii).
- Former Presidents: Pensions, Facilities, and Services
- The Former Presidents Act (72 Stat. 838) of 1958 provides financial and practical means to those who have served as President of the United States and still retain certain implicit public duties. In 1958, the cost of former Presidents to the public was an estimated $64,000. In FY84, approximately $27 million will be spent on benefits to former Presidents and their widows. Operation and maintenance of Presidential Libraries was approximately $14.9 million in FY83. This report discusses increasing concerns regarding the amounts and the types of expenditures that have been made.
- Proposals to Reform Our Presidential Electoral System: A Survey of the Historical Background and Development of the Electoral College, and a Compilation of Proposals to Reform It, With Pro and Con Analyses
- "This report discusses the present method of electing the President by the Electoral College . . . [and] the various state laws relating to the nomination and election of Presidential electors" (p. iii).
- Kissinger Commission Implementation: Actions by the Congress Through 1986 on the Recommendations of the National Bipartisan Commission of Central America
- "This report summarizes the implementation by the Congress of the policy recommendations made in January 1984 by the National Bipartisan Commission on Central America, the so-called 'Kissinger Commission'" (p. iii).
- Persian Gulf and the War Powers Debate: Issue Summary and Review of Events
- "This issue brief tracks chronologically the events in the Gulf with particular reference to major U.S. policy statements and actions relevant to the War Powers Resolution" (p. iii).
- Delegate Totals and Dates for Presidential Primaries and Caucuses, 1988
- This report provides the 1988 Democratic and Republican delegate totals and the calendar of Presidential primaries and caucuses, by State. The information is presented in four separate calendars: alphabetically by State; chronologically by primary or caucus date; and separately for each party, arranged i n State order.
- Candidates for Presidential Nomination in 1988: Major Declared Contestants and Campaign Organizations
- This report lists the candidates that have withdrawn from the 1988 Presidential race.
- Compendium of Precedents Involving Evidentiary Rulings and Applications of Evidentiary Principles from Selected Impeachment Trials
- At the present time, there are no binding rules of evidence or set of evidentiary principles to be applied in Senate impeachment trials. Rather, recourse is taken to the evidentiary rules and principles applicable in contemporaneous court proceedings and to precedents from past impeachment trial to provide guidance for Senate Impeachment Trial Committees or for the full Senate on evidentiary questions which arise in the impeachment context. This report compiles evidentiary precedents from the Senate impeachment trials of Judges Harry E. Claiborne, Halsted Ritter, Harold Louderback, and Charles Swayne. The evidentiary rulings and principles gleaned from this examination are arranged in subject matter categories, and within those categories, in reverse chronological order by trial.
- National Emergency Powers
- This report the National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1601-1651) that eliminated or modified some statutory grants of emergency authority, required the President to declare formally the existence of a national emergency and to specify what statutory authority, activated by the declaration, would be used, and provided Congress a means to countermand the President's declaration and the activated authority being sought.
- President Bush's Judicial Nominations During the 101st and 102nd Congresses
- There are ten categories of courts (including the local courts of the District of Columbia) to which the President nominates judges. The report provides background and statistics concerning President Bush's judicial nominations in each court category as well as actions taken on those nominations by the United States Senate. Each of the report's ten sections discusses the composition and jurisdiction of the court in question and notes the committee to which nominations to this court were referred when received by the Senate. Also, statistics on judicial nominations received by the Senate during the four years of the Bush Presidency are presented.
- Conventional Arms Transfers: President Clinton's Policy Directive
- President Clinton released details of his Conventional Arms Transfer Policy on February 17, 1995, which are embodied in Presidential Decision Directive 34 (PDD-34). The President's action followed several months of internal debate and discussion by the Clinton Administration, the first detailed examination of conventional arms transfer policy since the Cold War's end.
- The Line Item Veto Act
- The Line Item Veto Act of 1996 (Public Law 104-130, 110 Stat. 1200), gives the President expanded rescission authority by changing the burden of action and coverage. Under the Impoundment Control Act of 1974 (88 Stat. 332), the President must obtain the support of both Houses within a specified time period for a rescission to become permanent, while the new law puts the burden on Congress to disapprove presidential rescission proposals within a 30-day period. Along with rescission of discretionary appropriations, the new law subjects any new item of direct spending (entitlement) and certain limited tax benefits to cancellation as well.
- The Line Item Veto Act: Procedural Issues
- At various times, Congress has given the President statutory authority not to spend appropriated funds. That authority was elaborated and made more systematic with the Impoundment Control Act of 1974, which permitted the President to delay the expenditure of funds (deferral authority) and to cancel funds (rescission authority). To rescind funds, the President needed the support of both houses within 45 days.
- Line Item Veto Act of 1996: Lessons from the States
- The Line Item Veto Act of 1996 (P.L. 104-130) authorizes the President to cancel discretionary budget authority, new entitlements, and limited tax benefits. When this authority becomes available on January 1, 1997, it will change the dynamics among all three branches of government. In response to presidential decisions to cancel certain provisions, Congress may change the way it drafts bills and committee reports. Lawsuits will bring these presidential and congressional actions before federal courts, raising a number of constitutional and statutory questions.
- NATO: July 1997 Madrid Summit Outcome
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- APEC and the 1997 Summit in Vancouver
- This report discusses the November 25, 1997 summit held by leaders of the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) in Vancouver, B.C., Canada. The purpose of the summit was to further pursue the APEC agenda of endorsing a framework developed by APEC leaders' finance ministers to promote financial stability in the Asia-Pacific region and to supplement resources by the International Monetary Fund when necessary.
- Line Item Vetoes in the 105th Congress, First Session: A Finding Aid
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- The Intersection Between the Former Presidents Act and the Impeachment Process
- This report is on The Intersection Between the Former Presidents Act and the Impeachment Process.
- Congressional Liaison Offices of Selected Federal Agencies
- This is a directory of approximately 150 government agencies designed to assist congressional staff in contacting agencies of the legislative branch, cabinet departments and other executive branch agencies and boards and commissions. This directory contains names of congressional liaison officers, addresses, telephone and fax numbers, and occasionally e-mail addresses. It is regularly updated each spring.
- The Presidential Veto and Congressional Procedure
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- Congressional Overrides of Presidential Vetoes
- The President's veto authority is among their most significant tools in the legislative dealing with Congress. It is effective not only in preventing the passage of legislation undesirable to the President, but also as a threat, sometimes forcing Congress to modify legislation before it is presented to the President. As of the writing of this document, Presidents had vetoed 1,471 bills and Congres had overridden only 105 of them. This report details what bills have been vetoed by President Clinton and how they were vetoed.
- Congressional Overrides of Presidential Vetoes
- The President’s veto is effective not only in preventing the passage of legislation undesirable to the President, but also as a threat, sometimes forcing Congress to modify legislation before it is presented to the President. However, as a veto threat is carried out, Congress is faced with choices: letting the veto stand, the difficult task of overriding the veto, meeting the President’s objections and sending a new bill forward, or resubmitting the same provisions under a new bill number.
- Line Item Veto Act Unconstitutional:
- No Description Available.
- Censure of the President by the Congress
- Exploring a possible compromise between an impeachment and taking no congressional action, certain Members of Congress and congressional commentators have suggested a congressional “censure” of the President to express the Congress’ disapproval of the President’s conduct which has been the subject of an ongoing independent counsel investigation. This report provides and overview and discussion of the legal basis and congressional precedents regarding a congressional “censure” of the President.
- Congressional Resolutions on Presidential Impeachment: A Historical Overview
- This report summarizes instances in which Congress has considered proposals to impeach or to investigate the possibility of impeaching a President of the United States. It cites the formal impeachment charges that have previously been brought against eight Presidents, as well as the current resolutions calling for an investigation of whether impeachment articles should be files against President William J. Clinton.
- Impeachment Grounds: Part 6: Quotes from Sundry Commentators
- This is a collection of selected background materials pertinent to the issue of what constitutes impeachable misconduct for purposes of Article II, section 4 of the United States Constitution quoted below. It includes quotations from treatises and law reviews on the question.