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Congressional Criticism and Public Support for Unilateral Action Congressional Criticism and Public Support for Unilateral Action
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The Substance of Congressional Pushback The Substance of Congressional Pushback
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Generalizability across Issues Generalizability across Issues
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Source Effects Source Effects
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The Benefits of an Experimental Approach The Benefits of an Experimental Approach
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Constitutional versus Policy Criticism Constitutional versus Policy Criticism
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Influence across Issues Influence across Issues
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Purely Partisan Opposition Purely Partisan Opposition
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Is Congress Uniquely Influential? Is Congress Uniquely Influential?
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Raising the Stakes: An even Stronger Presidential Rebuttal Raising the Stakes: An even Stronger Presidential Rebuttal
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Congressional Influence during the Trump “Honeymoon” Congressional Influence during the Trump “Honeymoon”
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Building the Border Wall Building the Border Wall
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Syrian Strikes Syrian Strikes
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Making Sense of the Differences Making Sense of the Differences
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Conclusion Conclusion
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Appendix to Chapter 3 Appendix to Chapter 3
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Three Congressional Pushback in the Public Sphere
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Published:July 2020
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Abstract
The presidential veto renders most congressional efforts to reverse executive actions legislatively all but futile. However, Congress exercises an important, if indirect check on presidential unilateralism through its ability to erode public support for executive action. Through a series of survey experiments we find that congressional criticism on both constitutional and policy grounds can diminish popular support for unilateral action across issue areas, both foreign and domestic. Presidents who anticipate costly congressional push-back and a resulting popular backlash may rationally forgo acting unilaterally to avoid incurring political costs that could jeopardize other aspects of their programmatic agendas.
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