Congress in the American Presidential System

Judith H. Parris, a political scientist at the Brookings Institution, is presently writing a book about the power of the Senate to confirm presidential nominees. A former Senate staff member, she is the author or coauthor of four books on Congress and presidential selection, including The Convention Problem: Issues in Reform of Presidential Nominating Procedures (Washington, D.C.: The Brookings Institution, 1972), and, with Wallace S. Sayre, Voting for President: the Electoral College and the American Political System (Washington, D.C.: The Brookings Institution, 1970). The views expressed in this article are her own and should not be attributed to anyone else associated with the Brookings Institution.