Assessing Effectiveness of Veto Threats in the Bush Administration (1989-1993): Preliminary Evidence from Case Studies.

Provides a framework for understanding the use and effectiveness of veto threats in the U.S. Information on vetoing legislation, one of the tools used by the president in the policy-making process; Perspectives on the relationship between the president and the U.S. Congress; Possible outcomes of the bargaining process; Details of several assumptions on the presidential-congressional interaction; Analysis of two policy case studies from the administration of U.S. President George W. Bush.