Motivation and Learning Strategies for College Success : A Self-management Approach

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Veto strategy f

f

Impoundment strategy

Reconciliation strategy

f

fast track

national agenda

Reagan was able to dominate budget politics by compressing

process

A single package made budget cuts highly

visible —susceptible to national agenda

made it difficult for party members to go against him

Presidential budget strategies - 9/15

What are the different

budget strategies that a

president can use?

What strategies did

Reagan use?

Why did early reconcilia-

tion work for Reagan?

—o ten used as a defensive weapon that prevents Congress

rom funding at a higher level than the president

wants.

president lack line item veto would allow them to veto parti-

cular items rather than whole measure.

—have the Congress and the OMB withhold

funds from agencies

president Nixon made most use of this strategy

—a method of changing budget politics

Types o

—budget committee compiles a single, omnibus rec-

onciliation bill allowing proposed budget shifts all at one time.

—use public opinion to develop support for

policy

Outcome

Summary question (for complete lecture):

How do budgetary strategies allow presidents to implement

their political agendas?

FIG. 9.2. An example of a note-taking strategy in political science.

to make sense of the specific section of the notes. Write a question

mark in the margin and ask a friend or the instructor about the

information.

In science and math classes, it is important to identify the type of

problem in the lefthand margin and the solution of the problem in

the righthand column. For example, if your math instructor is