Larocca, Roger T.

The Presidential Agenda : Sources of Executive Influence in Congress / Roger T. Larocca. - 1 online resource (205 pages): illustrations - Parliaments and legislatures . - Book collections on Project MUSE. .

Part I. The theoretical problem of presidential agenda setting in Congress. An informational theory of presidential agenda setting -- Game theory and presidential agenda setting -- Public addresses and the legislative programming process -- Draft bills and the legislative clearance process. Part II. An empirical study of presidential agenda setting in congress. Redefining congressional agenda setting -- Presidential agenda setting in the House -- Presidential setting in the Senate -- Information and presidential agenda setting. Appendixes: A. Proof of legislative programming equilibrium -- B. Proof of legislative clearance equilibrium -- C. Tables of comparative characteristics of House and Senate committees -- D. The linear probability model with dichotomous independent variables -- Indirect and total effects in path analysis -- Tables of regression coefficients for direct effects on House agenda -- Tables of regression coefficients for direct effects on Senate agenda.

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Presidents.
Political planning.
Political leadership.
Executive power.
Pouvoir executif--États-Unis.
Politique publique--États-Unis.
Presidents--États-Unis.
Executive power--United States.
Political planning--United States.
Political leadership--United States.
Presidents--United States.


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