Table of Contents:
  • An introduction to presidential-congressional rivalry / James Thurber
  • Voters, elections and the president's agenda in Congress : Joe Biden's first year / Gary C. Jacobson
  • How Donald Trump tried to overthrow the 2020 election / James Pfiffner
  • Assessing presidential and congressional rivalry in an era of polarization / Sarah Binder
  • Unilateral presidential authority : uses and abuses / James Pfiffner
  • Biden on the tight rope : managing congressional relations in a polarized era / Gary Andres and Pat Griffin
  • A centrist president faces a polarized Congress / Ross Baker
  • Rivalry for power in the judicial appointment process / John Anthony Maltese
  • The president, Congress, and foreign policy / Edward Alden
  • Biden's choice on foreign policy : a new internationalism or America first? / Leon E. Panetta
  • Presidents, Congress and budget decisions : risks, responsibilities, and opportunities / Joseph White
  • The President, Congress and the politics of regulation / Claudia Thurber
  • The President, Congress and the media / Ron Elving
  • The investigative check in a polarized era : still empowered or imperiled? / Douglas Kriner
  • Closing the deal? : presidential leadership and legislative negotiation / David C. Barker and Matthew N. Green.