New Directions in the Study of Congress and the Presidency
The literature on Congress tends to be relatively insular on the issue of agenda-setting, with much of the "action" coming from Congress-specific institutions like committees and congressional parties. We often don't include consideration of the role of the President in a meaningful way. This academic conference sought to redress this imbalance and examined the critical—and sometimes contentious—relationship between Congress and the President.
This conference took place May 25-26, 2011.
Conference Video
Opening Remarks and Panel 1
The Politics of Agency Rulemaking
Rachel A. Potter and Charles R. Shipan, University of Michigan
The “Flip-Side” of Delegation: Examining Congressional Reassertion Efforts
Jeffery A. Jenkins and Justin Peck, University of Virginia
Changes in House Internal Organization: The Role of the President
Gisela Sin, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Discussant: William Howell, University of Chicago
Panel 2
Assessing the Impact of Supreme Court Nominations on Presidential Success
Richard L. Vining, Jr. and Anthony J. Madonna, University of Georgia
The Appropriations Bargaining Game, Presidential Rhetoric and a Bicameral Congress
Samuel Kernell, University of California, San Diego
Up the Hill and Across the Aisle: Explaining When Presidents Contact Opposing Congressional Leaders
Matthew Beckmann, University of California, Irvine
Discussant: Frances Lee, University of Maryland
Roundtable 1
Constitutional Development of the Institutional Presidency (book manuscript)
Sean Gailmard, University of California, Berkeley
John W. Patty, Washington University
Commentators: Charles Cameron, Princeton University
Craig Volden, Ohio State University
Panel 3
“Speaking of Congress…”; Presidential Rhetoric about Congress and the Parties
Jesse H. Rhodes, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Whose Budget is it Anyway? Deficit-Eating Robots and the Decline of Institutional Responsibility
Jasmine Farrier, University of Louisville
Presidential Authority During Emergencies
Louis Fisher, Constitution Project
Discussant: Christopher Berry, University of Chicago