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PBS NewsHour White House Correspondent Laura Barr贸n-L贸pez hosts a roundtable discussion with politicians, academics and experts about the growing gulf between the executive and legislative branches as part of the Democracy 360 conference, led by the Miller Center in partnership wi
salomon th the Karsh Center for Democracy at the University of Virginia.The event description:The American presidency, as a distinctly democratic institution, is in crisis, both unleashed and under strain. Presidents are more powerful, and they are more prone to fail.Presidential power has grown across administrations. Increasingly, presidents set the agenda with Congress yet also avoid Congress entirely by using the president exclusive powers unilaterally. And
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