The presidential agenda: sources of executive influence in Congress

(print) x, 205 p. : ill. ; 24 cmList of Illustrations vii -- Part I The Theoretical Problem of Presidential Agenda Setting in Congress -- 1. An Informational Theory of Presidential Agenda Setting p. 3 -- 2. Game Theory and Presidential Agenda Setting p. 21 -- 3. Public Addresses and the Legislative Programming Process p. 32 -- 4. Draft Bills and the Legislative Clearance Process p. 47 -- Part II An Empirical Study of Presidential Agenda Setting in Congress -- 5. Redefining Congressional Agenda Setting p. 63 -- 6. Presidential Agenda Setting in the House p. 87 -- 7. Presidential Agenda Setting in the Senate p. 117 -- 8. Information and Presidential Agenda Setting p. 142 -- Appendixes -- A. Proof of Legislative Programming Equilibrium p. 149 -- B. Proof of Legislative Clearance Equilibrium p. 160 -- C. Tables of Comparative Characteristics of House and Senate Committees p. 165 -- D. The Linear Probability Model with Dichotomous Independent Variables p. 168 -- E. Indirect and Total Effects in Path Analysis p. 172 -- F. Tables of Regression Coefficients for Direct Effects on House Agenda p. 174 -- G. Tables of Regression Coefficients for Direct Effects on Senate Agenda p. 179 -- Notes p. 183 -- Bibliography p. 189Item embargoed for five year