"Congress may no longer play the lead role envisioned in Article I of the Constitution," Kriner writes. "But it has the tools to influence the course and conduct of U.S. foreign policy. Though presidents play the lead role, in cases from Korea to Vietnam, from Central America to Somalia and Iraq, Congress has consistently frustrated presidents’ ambitions, even in wartime.
"Congressional opponents of the president’s policies routinely rely on three main tools: criticizing the administration publicly; conducting investigative oversight hearings; and enacting legislation.
"The current Congress has already used each of these to push back against Trump on Russia. But will it do more?"
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Semiconductors are at the core of the economy and national security. Their importance makes them a target. Sarah Kreps, director of the Tech Policy Institute in the Cornell Jeb E. Brooks School of Public Policy, discusses how Cornell is helping to keep the semiconductor supply chain safe.
A party in the Temple of Zeus for retiring Zeus manager, Lydia Dutton. Left to right: A.R. Ammons, Cecil Giscombe, Dutton, David Burak, Phyllis Janowitz, James McConkey and Tony Caputi.
