Going it alone: The politics of signing statements from Reagan to Bush II

Social Science Quarterly

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 168-187

  Kelley, Christopher S ^a   Marshall, Bryan W ^a  

^a MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 74249100915     PISSN: 00384941     EISSN: 15406237     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6237.2010.00687.x     Document Type: Article

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