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... legislative leader of the party which had campaigned and been elected on a program designed to restore legislative initiative and lost legislative prerogatives , he was determined to press for implementing such policy . As the last few ...
... legislative leader of the party which had campaigned and been elected on a program designed to restore legislative initiative and lost legislative prerogatives , he was determined to press for implementing such policy . As the last few ...
Page 705
... legislative authority , in the present calamitous condition of the country . They perceive that the whole legislative power of the Union has been , for the last fifteen months , with regard to the action of Congress upon measures of ...
... legislative authority , in the present calamitous condition of the country . They perceive that the whole legislative power of the Union has been , for the last fifteen months , with regard to the action of Congress upon measures of ...
Page 984
... legislative process , and even in the traditionally presidential area of foreign policy , Grant's major objectives were defeated . Senator Charles Sumner , the chairman of the Senate Foreign Policy Committee , was reputed to dominate ...
... legislative process , and even in the traditionally presidential area of foreign policy , Grant's major objectives were defeated . Senator Charles Sumner , the chairman of the Senate Foreign Policy Committee , was reputed to dominate ...
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The Ambivalence of the Concept of Party | 597 |
The Formative Period | 603 |
In Search of Victory | 615 |
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