Article: Congressional Abdication on War and Spending.(Review)

Article: Congress on the sidelines in matters of war.
St. Louis Post-Dispatch (St. Louis, MO);  March 28, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... grandeur and glory. But Congress has not formally ... author of author of "Congressional Abdication on War and Spending ... situation differently. "Congress is not irrelevant ... To the extent that Congress has exercised authority ... presidential usurpation and congressional ...

Article: The Medicare/SS time-bomb.(EDITORIALS)
The Washington Times;  June 24, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... Bush and the Democratic Congress prepare to war over $23 ... responsible legislation passed by Congress and signed by the president ... bipartisan, presidential-congressional abdication of long-term fiscal responsibility ... bipartisan, presidential-congressional abdication of long-term ...

Article: Days of Reckoning on the Hill
The Washington Post;  October 26, 1990 ;     700+ words ... ... Constitution, after all, gives Congress, not the president, power ... Washington Times, "but Congress is about to adjourn, leaving ... congressional approval. This {congressional} abdication is appalling; but no less ... presidential power over that of Congress and lashed Congress for ...

Article: "An informal and limited alliance": the president and the Supreme ...
Presidential Studies Quarterly;  June 1, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... long and detailed, giving Congress a wealth of power and authority ... technological advances, and Congress's willingness to relinquish ... Similarly, judicial activism and congressional abdication on a number of controversial ... Presidents must work closely with Congress to ensure that their ...

Article: The War at Home
The Washington Post;  February 25, 2001 ;     700+ words ... ... nation's early practice to Congress, and it placed special importance ... it was as much a matter of congressional abdication as of presidential usurpation ... project began as a study of Congress and the war but that at some ... Conrad Gibbons, he explores Congress's role in the war in greater ...

Article: Lawsuit: Iraq war requires formal declaration. (Insider Report).
The New American;  March 10, 2003 ;     589 words ... ... war from the United States Congress. Our Constitution demands ... reported on February 14th, "Congress has not formally declared ... presidential usurpation, or congressional abdication, do not supersede the Constitution ... represented 10 percent of Congress, which was far from a majority ...

Article: Electric Shock
The Washington Post;  September 2, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... month. That would be fine if Congress were actually going to use ... electricity grid, as this Congress probably will do, is a recipe ... reflect a truly astonishing congressional abdication of responsibility. With ... regulatory agency. Why can't Congress, made up of the nation ...