Article

Agency Input as a Policy Making Tool: Analyzing the Influence of Agency Input on Presidential Policy Success in Congress

Authors

José Villalobos, University of Texas at El PasoFollow

Publication Date

September 2013

Journal/Book Title/Conference

Administration & Society

Volume

45

Issue

7

Abstract

This study posits a theoretical framework for understanding the role and value of agency input in presidential legislative policy making. I assert that by employing agency input for policy development, presidents instill their proposals with a degree of bureaucratic objectivity, expertise, process transparency, and agency support, which aids their legislative passage while lowering the extent of changes made to policy substance in the process. To test my hypotheses, I conduct binary and ordered logistic regression analyses using pooled cross-sectional data across twelve administrations from 1949-2010. I find that agency input serves as a key component for increased presidential legislative success.

Publisher Statement

Copyright © 2013 by SAGE Publications. Link: http://aas.sagepub.com/content/45/7/837