ESSAY REQUIREMENT: In essays of 4 to 6 pages (1,200 to 1,600 words, citation are not countable), please answer the following questions by the due dates indicated. I expect you to write your essay based on the readings from the assigned text, on class forums, and on lectures and other video materials presented on the web site. I do not expect you to supplement these class-based sources with outside research.

CITATION REQUIREMENT: You need to use class-bass sources, like TEXTBOOK! Each essay should provide appropriate citations to your sources. If this is the assigned text, you should use parenthetical endnoting with specific page references (e.g. Ginsberg, et. al. 2019: 41). If you are citing a lecture, you should provide the lecture number provided in the Canvas site. Citations to class forums should list the author’s name and the date of the post.

ps: (Since the files are too big to upload, I can email you the pdf of the textbook instead, or try this link to my google drive: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1rvKlD_Q4GRXaHzBo…).

ESSAY TOPIC: Congress has constitutional, institutional, and political sources of power. Of these, the constitutionally delegated are arguably the strongest. In an essay, analyze the constitutional powers of the Congress and assess how Presidents in the 20th Century were able to use their institutional and political resources to challenge Congressional dominance of U.S. national politics. In your opinion, based on the evidence that you have presented, what is the likely future balance of power between Presidents and Congress? Why?