Congress & The Presidency

C&P is a political science & history journal published by American University's Center for Congressional and Presidential Studies @AmericanU @AU_SPA @au_ccps

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The new 2026 issue of Congress & the Presidency is out now, featuring scholarship on executive power, congressional oversight, and the evolving balance among the branches in American politics.

Read here: https://t.co/rod3g4oqmp

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We're proud to see research published in Congress & the Presidency featured in a recent @nytopinion essay on congressional polarization. The piece cites Gary Jacobson's influential work on how polarization among elites and voters can become "interactive and mutually reinforcing."

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Why do senators break with their party during confirmation votes?

@RyanBookstein and Kristina C. Miler investigate patterns of party defection in Senate confirmations of executive nominees

Take a look here: https://t.co/emaT56obJB

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How do party fundraising expectations affect members' careers in Congress?

Lawrence Rothenberg and Kevin Wu analyze how party taxation influences opportunities for advancement in the U.S. House.

Read here: https://t.co/3jWAhwX50f

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“Lawyers as Lawmakers: Professional Expertise and the Conditional Effectiveness of Attorney-Legislators” by @mebednarczuk explores how professional legal expertise shapes legislative effectiveness under varying institutional conditions.

Read here: https://t.co/HbmEEHiciV

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“Congressional Investigations and Presidential Power – An Assessment of Executive Privilege During Donald Trump’s First Term” by Mitchel A. Sollenberger & @MarkJRozellGMU examines executive privilege disputes and their implications.

Read here: https://t.co/EE32RCkE5o

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Congress & the Presidency's Editorial Office will be closed for a summer hiatus from July 29th-August 9th. All existing timelines remain in place. You can of course still submit, revise, review, etc. manuscripts during that stretch. Happy Summer Break, -C&P

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Congratulations to Ruth Bloch Rubin (@UChicago) on winning the First Annual C&P James A. Thurber Article of the Year Award for her article- "Organizing at the Extreme: Hardline Strategy and Institutional Design"- which was chosen from the issues of our 49th Volume!

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@GregoryKoger (@Umiamipolisci)
@smotus (@UofDenver)
@Nolan_Mc (@Princeton)
Eric Shickler (@UCBerkeley)
@kewhittington (@Princeton)

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Please join us in welcoming the newest members of C&P's Editorial Board:
@julia_azari (@_MUPoliSci)
@LoriCoxHan (@ChapmanU)
@MikeCrespin (@CarlAlbertCtr)
@Jasmine_Farrier (@uofl)
@mattngreen (@CatholicUniv)

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Our Special Issue 50(2): New Perspectives in American Legislative Studies has now been published in full online at https://t.co/rod3g4oqmp

Congratulations to our authors and we are grateful for the reviewers who made this possible!

[Giovanny D. Pleites-Hernandez, PhD @gdphernandez1]

My paper "Tweeting for Latinos? Legislative Communication in the 115th U.S. House of Representatives" has been published! 1/n https://t.co/zRDWLhVme5

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Congratulations to our former Managing Editor @AaronStuvland on earning an APSA Congressional Fellowship! https://t.co/CgTYUcf47R

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Congress & the Presidency's Editorial Office will be closed for a summer hiatus from August 8th-28th. All existing timelines remain in place. You can of course still submit, revise, review, etc. manuscripts during that stretch.

Happy Summer Break,
-C&P

[John Dearborn @johnadearborn]

Thanks to @ProfJordanTama for this generous and thoughtful review of POWER SHIFTS in @Editors_CP.

https://t.co/VXqUgfIXvA

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Prof. Barker @barkerccps and PhD student Ryan DeTamble's latest #research article American populism: dimensions, distinctions, and correlates" has been published online with @SpringerNature in Global Public Policy and Governance.
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Read here: https://t.co/F1M0Qsghiv

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We are currently accepting submissions for our Special Issue on “New Perspectives in American Legislative Studies,” guest-edited by David C. Barker and Valeria Sinclair-Chapman (Purdue University). https://t.co/KRJcEkWP40 Deadline for submissions: March 1, 2022

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Prof. David Barker @barkerccps, Managing Editor of @Editors_CP Ryan DeTamble, & Morgan Marietta's new article examines the features & variance of epistemic hubris- the “expression of unwarranted factual certitude” – and find it to be distinctly partisan.”
https://t.co/VyDNhWAiw2

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Thanks to @MiamiUProf for a thoughtful review of PHANTOMS OF A BELEAGUERED REPUBLIC in @Editors_CP.

https://t.co/9qKRfzn07I

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We would like to wish James A. Thurber, founding director of American University's Center for Congressional and Presidential Studies and former Editor of Congress & the Presidency a wonderful retirement! Congratulations on a remarkable career!!