The Obama administration and the imbalance of power with Capitol Hill
When President-elect Barack Obama takes office in January, he’ll take over a transformed executive branch with expanded power ? more power than most presidents have had. New York Times magazine contributor Jonathan Mahler talks about what he sees as an imbalance of power between Washington’s legislative and executive branches in his upcoming article about presidential power, called “After the Imperial Presidency.”
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