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Bargaining Vs Going Public Analysis

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1. Bargaining vs. Going Public Source: Bargaining vs. going public was covered in class during lecture seventeen as well as in the Pika and Maltese text in chapters three Public Politics and five Legislative Politics. Meaning & Significance: In 1960 when Richard Neustadt wrote the book Presidential Power his ideas on the powers of the president or lack there of were in contrast to what many people think of the office of the president. Neustadt’s ideas on the presidents rather weak position in the government as well as his reliance on Congress to achieve any significant change forced the president to use bargaining as his key tactic to influence legislation. Neustadt believed the best way to bargain was to use the power of persuasion. If the …show more content…

Truman gave his iconic Truman Doctrine speech in front of a joint session of congress. This speech outlined the broad strokes of the Truman Doctrine as well as marked the declaration of the Cold War as well as sets the direction of American foreign policy for the next 40 years. Truman used this speech which was broadcast on the radio across the country as a form of going public to help his doctrine pass through congress. The Truman Doctrine finically aided Greece and Turkey in their ongoing war against communism as well as established Truman’s containment policy towards communism. A year later in 1948 when Truman planned to spread a program much like the Truman Doctrine across Europe in the form of the European Recovery Program. Truman knew that due to his high unfavorable rates he would need to use bargaining this time instead of going public to enact his plan. The Marshall plan is born with Truman recruits popular Secretary of State General George C. Marshall to be the face of the plan in order to garner support. While Marshall was the face of the plan Truman worked diligently behind the scenes to garner support for the plan from republicans. The Marshall Plan ultimately passed and in the end sent 13 million dollars in relief funds to Europe to aid in rebuilding from World War II in addition to holding at bay the treat of communism spreading. Truman became a shining example of how going public and bargaining both of there place in the …show more content…

Throughout the history of the presidency there has been four types of veto that have arose. Two of these vetoes are specifically mentioned in the constitutions while the other two have been found unconstitutional by the Supreme Court. The first type of veto mentioned in the constitution is the regular veto, this veto allows the President to not sign a bill into law, but instead return it to the division of congress it originated from. This process must happen within ten days (excluding Sundays). The regular veto is the only type that can be overturned by congress with a 2/3 vote. The second veto mentioned in the constitution is the pocket veto. This veto allows the President the opportunity to veto a bill without congress being able to overturn it. The process of the pocket veto consist of the President simply not signing the veto during the ten day window, but this only works if congress is out of session. If congress is in session and the President fails to sign the bill in the ten day window then the bill will become a law. The regular and pocket veto are the only two type of vetoes that are construed constitutional. The other two types of vetoes have been found to be unconstitutional. The first of these is the Legislative veto. The Legislative veto allowed congress to

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