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While it is the President this is seen as having the final say in all US policymaking, congressional formed veto-proof supermajorities are occurring more frequently on issues of partisan importance. Data collected by Linda Fowler and Bryan W. Marshall examines the paradox this presents; partisan divisions that have traditionally made legislation difficult to pass also provide mechanisms for enhanced party control over floor proceedings that made bipartisan cooperation possible.

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Explains congressional behavior in creating bipartisan coalitions and the president's response to Congress.

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This page is a summary of: Veto-Proof Majorities, Legislative Procedures, and Presidential Decisions, 1981–2008, Political Research Quarterly, February 2017, SAGE Publications,
DOI: 10.1177/1065912917692040.
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