The president shall nominate : how Congress trumps executive power /

The president shall nominate : how Congress trumps executive power /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Sollenberger, Mitchel A.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Lawrence, Kan. : University Press of Kansas, c2008.
Subjects:
United States. > Congress. > Senate.
Executive power > United States.
Nominations for office > United States.
Legislative power > United States.
Civil service reform > United States > History.
Presidents > United States > History.
Representative government and representation > United States.
United States > Officials and employees > Selection and appointment > History.
Table of Contents:
  • Constitutional principles
  • Establishing the pre-nomination process (1789-1829)
  • The spoils era I (1829-1845)
  • The spoils era II (1845-1869)
  • Birth of civil service reform (1869-1881)
  • The Pendleton Act : patchwork reform (1881-1897)
  • McKinley to Ford : the tradition continues (1897-1977)
  • Carter to Bush II : a lasting legacy (1977-2007)
  • Analysis and conclusions.

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