POLS 1101 1st edition Lecture 21Outline of Previous LectureI. Congress Party’sII. The benefits and disadvantages of committees in CongressOutline of Current Lecture I. President NegotiatingII. How the President and the Key people communicateIII. How the other side negotiatesIV. How did he negotiate with the speakerV. What is affecting the decision to be rushedCurrent Lecture - Watched West Wing Season 5 Episode 8I. President Negotiating- Still keeps his schedule because he doesn’t want the press to make the government shut down a bigger deal- He has people who are trying to negotiate between the president and the other sideo He doesn’t want to be in the war room so his people are trying to talk him up and the other side down- So the president isn’t in the negotiation talks but he does have the final say over agreeing with the other side- The President’s people are telling him that he shouldn’t stick with what he thinks is right but what helps to stop the problem and come to a successful negotiation- Not a lot of the people are following the President- The President’s people are trying to talk the minority leader to go with the President- The President decides to walk to the Hill so that he can talk to the citizens and gain their trust and pull the people to his sideII. How the President and the Key people communicate- They have a go-between to talk to both sides- And then finally the President decides to get involved in person to talk to the speakerIII. How the other side negotiatesThese notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor’s lecture. GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes, not as a substitute.- Talked to press and blamed the president for all the people who worked for the government being sent home- The Republican party gets to write the budget and the President only gets to edit it slightly- They want to keep their constituents happy so they will be voted back into the officeIV. How did he negotiate with the speaker- The president and the Speaker talk one on one trying to reach an equitable agreement- Both of them are arguing over who will give in the mostV. What is affecting the decision to be rushed- Social Security checks will not be sent out at the end of each month because the people who usually do it were sent home- The Democrats won’t want to side with the President that long because they will want to go home for the holidays- The President’s wife made a dinner for a foreign diplomat and the press liked that as
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