Making Government Work - 9780367006327

Taylor & Francis

This book is a practical and realistic blueprint for change in the U.S. government. The contributors, a bi-partisan group of government leaders and academics, draw on their wide-ranging experience within Congress, the White House, and the bureaucracy.  > Relations between Congress and the executive branch have always been an uneasy mixture of mutuality and autonomy, cooperation and conflict. The U.S. Constitution required that the two branches of the federal government work in concert, but it also mandated a separation of powers. Inevitably, this situation has led to a clash of wills and a contest > Other Titles Published by Westview Press in Cooperation with The Center for Strategic and International Studies Georgetown University -- Foreword -- Introduction -- The System CAN Work: The Trade Act of 1979 -- Congress and the Legislative Veto: Choices Since the Chadha Decision -- The Many Faces of Congressional Budgeting -- The War Powers Resolution: A Continuing Constitution.