POLS 1113 Lecture Notes - Lecture 23: Voting Rights Act Of 1965, Divided Government
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Presidents often receive credit for getting legislation through congress: strong presidents are known for their extensive legislative agends. Franklin roosevelt"s new deal program during the great depression. Lyndon johnson"s great society program in the 1960s (medicaid, the voting rights act, the civil rights act) The portrayal of presidents as powerful figures ( master legislators ) who manipulate congress is misleading. Presidents develop legislative programs by: canvassing officials in the executive departments, using outside task forces or academic think tanks, submitting previously unpassed legislation, proposing ideas drawn from interest groups, acting on campaign promises. The office of management and budget (omb) complies the various legislative proposals: it decides which proposals agree with the president"s program, the president choses among the omb proposals and submits them to congress. Methods: presidents deliver their state of the union address to congress on january 29 of each year.
