Malign neglect: Evidence that delay has become the primary method of defeating presidential appointments

Congress and the Presidency

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 226-243

  Bond, Jon R ^a   Fleisher, Richard ^b   Krutz, Glen S ^c  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FORDHAM UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

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EID: 77950777772     PISSN: 07343469     EISSN: 19441053     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07343460903172788     Document Type: Article

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