Presidential Vetoes and Public Policy

by Richard Abernathy Watson

The veto power, claimed Woodrow Wilson, is the president's most formidable prerogative. Despite that assertion, Richard Watson shows that the presidential veto of significant legislation is frequently overridden by Congress. Although the veto has a major impact on public policy, past research on it has dealt only with legal and historical issues. This is the first systematic, in-depth study of the actual effect of the use of the veto. Watson focuses...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0700606203
• ISBN13: 9780700606207
• Release Date: August 1993
• Publisher: University Press of Kansas
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 1.03 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.3" x 9.1"