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- Cloture Attempts on Nominations: Data and Historical Development Through November 20, 2013
- This report discusses topics regarding cloture as a means to limit debate and overcome a possible filibuster.
- Vice Presidents of the United states 1789-1971
- This report provides information about the Vice Presidents of the United States from 1789 to 1971.
- Death of a Presidential Candidate or President Elect
- This report talks about the question - What happens on Death of Presidential Candidate or President Elect.
- Federal Presidential primary proposals, 1911-1976
- This report presents Federal Presidential primary proposals between 1911 to 1976.
- 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.
- 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.
- Government Wage and Price Control: A Background Analysis
- This report details the background analysis related to the President's authority on wage and price.
- A Summary of Presidential Vetoes: 94th Congress
- This report gives a summary of Presidential Vetoes
- Presidential Funerals and Burials: Selected Resources
- This report is a brief resource guide for congressional staff on funerals and burials for Presidents of the United States. It contains an overview of past practices for presidential funerals and selected online information resources related to official and ceremonial protocols, past presidential funerals, congressional documents, and other documents and books.
- Resolutions to Censure the President: Procedure and History
- This report summarizes the procedures that may be used to consider resolutions of censure and the history of attempts to censure the President (1st-114th Congresses). It also provides citations to additional reading material on the subject.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Inspectors General in and Beyond the Presidential Transition Period
- This report discusses the federal government transition period, as a new Congress convenes and a new Administration prepares to assume leadership of the executive branch.
- Benefits to Former Presidents of the United States
- This report covers the benefits received by former presidents of the United States.
- 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
- 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.
- 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.
- Inauguration Security: Operations, Appropriations, and Issues for Congress
- This report provides information on inauguration security operations and inauguration security appropriations. It also discusses potential policy issues including some past inauguration security operations criticisms and inauguration security operation appropriations.
- History, Evolution, and Practices of the President's State of the Union Address: Frequently Asked Questions
- This report takes the format of answers to frequently asked questions about the State of the Union address -- a communication from the President to Congress in which the chief executive reports on the current conditions of the United States and provides policy proposals for the upcoming legislative year.
- Filling Advice and Consent Positions at the Outset of Recent Administrations, 1981-2009
- This report describes and analyzes the processes, during a presidential transition, by which top-level executive branch PAS (Presidentially-appointed and approved by the Senate) positions have been filled in the recent past. Outside of top White House staff appointments, these are a new President's earliest and arguably most important appointments.
- A Change in Direction for Seoul? The Impeachment of South Korea's President
- This report discusses the Constitutional Court decision for impeachment of the former President of South Korea, Park Geun-hye. The decision was the latest development in a corruption scandal that has engulfed South Korean politics and the business world since October 2016, and comes against the backdrop of North Korean missile tests.
- The Electoral College: How It Works in Contemporary Presidential Elections
- This report provides information about the electoral college including its origins, who makes up the college today, the 2012 presidental election, and calls for the reform of the electoral college.
- Presidential Appointee Positions Requiring Senate Confirmation and Committees Handling Nominations
- This report identifies, by Senate committee, presidentially-appointed positions requiring Senate confirmation based on referrals as of the date of passage of S. 679, which became P.L. 112-166 on August 10, 2012.
- The Trump-Tsai Call and the United States' "Unofficial" Relationship with Taiwan
- This report discusses the controversy over the President-elect Donald J. Trump's telephone call with Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen on December 2, 2016.
- Funding of Presidential Nominating Conventions: An Overview
- This report provides a historical overview of how Presidential Election Campaign Fund (PECF) convention funding functioned. It also describes private funding sources that remain available after legislation (H.R. 2019) became law (P.L. 113-94) eliminating PECF funding for convention operations.
- North American Leaders' Summit
- This report discusses the North American Leaders' Summits (NALS), a trilateral summit that meets in effort to increase cooperation on broader economic and security issues between the United States, Canada, and Mexico.
- Senate Action on U.S. Circuit and District Court Nominations During the Eighth Year of a Presidency
- This report discusses the process by which lower federal court judges are nominated by the President and approved by the Senate during the final year of a presidency. The eighth year of a presidency is significant, in part, because it is the final opportunity for a President to appoint individuals as U.S. circuit and district court judges.
- Temporarily Filling Presidentially Appointed, Senate-Confirmed Positions
- This report examines several authorities by which a vacant presidentially appointed, Senate-confirmed position can be filled temporarily without going through the Senate confirmation process..
- Recess Appointments: Frequently Asked Questions
- This report supplies brief answers to some frequently asked questions regarding recess appointments. When the Senate is in recess, the President may make a temporary appointment, called a recess appointment, to any such position without Senate approval (Article II, Section 2, Clause 3).
- Former Presidents: Pensions, Office Allowances, and Other Federal Benefits
- This report provides a legislative and cultural history of the Former Presidents Act. It considers the potential effects of maintaining the FPA or amending the FPA in ways that might reduce or otherwise modify a former President's benefits.
- President Obama's Historic Visit to Cuba
- This report briefly discusses the details of President Obama's visit to Cuba. Before the trip, the White House set forth the goals of the visit, stating that the President would build on progress toward normalizing relations, including advancing commercial and people-to-people ties and expressing support for human rights.
- Item Veto and Expanded Impoundment Proposals
- This report provides a brief history of impoundment and discusses the debate surrounding the line item veto, particularly in relation to federal spending and the budget process.
- Presidential Directives: Background and Overview
- This report provides an overview of the different kinds of directives that have primarily been utilized by twentieth-century Presidents. It includes background on the historical development, accounting, use, and effect of such directives.
- Independent Bids for President
- This report briefly discusses legal and practical obstacles for candidates pursuing an independent run for the presidency after participating in the nomination process of a major political party--including competing in state primaries and caucuses for delegates to the party's national nominating convention.
- Congressional Overrides of Presidential Vetoes
- This report discusses Congress' power to override presidential vetoes. The President's veto authority is among his most significant tools in legislative dealings 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.
- Final Senate Action on U.S. Circuit and District Court Nominations During a President's Eighth Year in Office
- This report, in light of continued Senate interest in the judicial confirmation process during a President's final year in office, provides statistics related to Senate action on U.S. circuit and district court nominations during the eighth year of the George W. Bush, Clinton, and Reagan presidencies. The eighth year of a presidency is significant, in part, because it is the final opportunity for a President to appoint individuals as U.S. circuit and district court judges. Such judges have what effectively has come to mean life tenure, holding office "during good Behaviour."
- Presidential Vetoes, 1789-Present: A Summary Overview
- This report discusses the veto power vested in the President by Article I, Section 7 of the Constitution. It provides a general overview and a table of presidential vetoes from 1789-2004, listing the coincident Congresses, regular vetoes, pocket vetoes, total vetoes, and vetoes overridden for each president.
- The Presidential Veto and Congressional Procedure
- This report provides a brief overview of procedures involved in vetoing a bill and the ways Congress can respond to a presidential veto. Presidential vetoes are a rejection of legislation approved by majorities in both houses of Congress. Vetoes and congressional efforts to override them are often the reason for, or a reflection of, conflict between Congress and the President. The threat of a presidential veto can prompt the modification of bills moving through the legislative process. Tabular data are provided on the number of presidential vetoes exercised by each President from George Washington to William Clinton.
- President Clinton's Vetoes
- This report provides a table outlining the bills vetoed by President William Jefferson Clinton's two terms in office. It includes an overview and the bill number, date, title, and override attempts for each veto.
- Shutdown of the Federal Government: Causes, Effects, and Process
- This report provides a brief overview of the causes and effects of federal government shutdowns. This report provides a brief overview of the causes and effects of federal government shutdowns. When federal agencies and programs lack appropriated funding, they must cease operations, except in emergency situations. The failure of the President and Congress to reach agreement on funding measures has caused government shutdowns. It is necessary either to enact temporary funding legislation at the close of the fiscal year or to shut down the activities that are not funded at that time.
- Federal Recess Judges
- This report discusses the recess clause and takes a look at the history of recess appointments. Under Article II of the Constitution, the President is empowered "to fill up all Vacancies that may happen during the Recess of the Senate, by granting Commissions which shall expire at the End of their next Session." Presidents have used the recess appointment power on more than 300 occasions to place judges on the district, appellate, and U.S. Supreme Court level. This practice slowed after the 1950s, but recent recess appointments to federal appellate courts (the Fourth, Fifth, and Eleventh Circuits) have revived a number of constitutional issues.
- Federal Funding of Presidential Nominating Conventions: Overview and Policy Options
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- Former Presidents: Federal Pension and Retirement Benefits
- This report provides information about the Federal Pension and Retirement Benefits on Former Presidents, and explains various benefits, such as salary, Secret Service protection, mailing privileges, and travel expenses.
- Speed of Presidential and Senate Actions on Supreme Court Nominations, 1900-2005
- This report provides information on the amount of time taken to act on all Supreme Court nominations occurring between 1900 and the present. It focuses on the actual amounts of time that Presidents and the Senate have taken to act (as opposed to the elapsed time between official points in the process).