The Cabinet and Congress / / Stephen Horn.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Columbia University Press eBook-Package Archive 1898-1999
• VerfasserIn: Horn, Stephen,
• Place / Publishing House: New York, NY : : Columbia University Press, , [1960]; ©1960
• Year of Publication: 1960
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (310 p.)

Examines the relationship between the legislative and the executive powers of the federal government from their creation in 1789 through the first half of the 20th century.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Preface -- Contents -- I. Introduction -- II. The Heritage of the Federalists -- III. From Union to Disunion -- IV. The Confederate Experiment -- V. The First Pendleton Bill -- VI. The Tenure of Office Act -- VII. The Second Pendleton Bill -- VIII. The Efforts of Bradford and Belmont -- IX. Growing Congressional Interest -- X. The Kefauver Question Period -- XI. Congress Looks at Itself -- XII. The Cabinet and the Reform -- XIII. Congress and the Reform -- XIV. The Future for Reform -- Appendix I: Chronology of Recorded Visits by Members of Cabinet to Sessions of First Congress, 1789-1790 -- Appendix II: Representative Proposals to Change the Relationship of the Cabinet to Congress -- Appendix III: Chronological Listing of Legislation Introduced in Congress, 1864-1953, Proposing a Change in the Relationship between Congress and the Cabinet -- Appendix IV: Cabinet-Congressional Relations Questionnaire -- Appendix V: The Attitude Survey: Methods and Results -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index