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Tuesday, September 29, 2015

Executive Branch, Coalitions, Courts

The Repeat-Player Effect

The White House:
Revolving Door


Lobbying:  the visitor logs and the off-the-books meetings


Federal Advisory Committees:  The Case of IACC

The Rulemaking Process

Examples from FCC

From 10,000 Commandments:



Coalitions 

In Showdown at Gucci Gulch, Jeffrey H. Birnbaum and Alan S. Murray quote Reagan aide Richard Darman saying: “I couldn’t help thinking that if I were a lobbyist, I would stand in the hallway with a big sign saying EVERYONE INTERESTED IN KILLING THIS BILL, PLEASE MEET IN THE NEXT CORRIDOR … There would have been an enormous rush, and they would have seen the power of their collective action.” Nearly three decades later, all the lobbyists have read that book, and they know how to build coalitions.

(What happened to Birnbaum?  See here.)
Tocqueville: "There is hardly a political question in the United States which does not sooner or later turn into a judicial one."  

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