How did the president become the first mover in American politics, and what impact has weak Congressional oversight had on emergency powers? In the second episode of Executive Summary, White Burkett Miller Professor Sidney Milkis discusses with hosts Bill Antholis and Lydia Schumann the creation of a central executive office by FDR and the role the Congressional oversight played in uses of vast presidential power.   

 

“Executive Summary” is the Miller Center’s Presidency Project podcast. Our first season dives into the history and future of emergency powers, which is one of three focus areas for The Presidency Project.  


Presidents of both parties have become more powerful, more partisan, and less popular. One sign of that: Presidents increasingly use emergency powers to go around Congress to spend money or use force. These emergency powers are also wielded in domestic politics, creating great concerns about our constitutional order. 


The Miller Center is a nonpartisan institution at the University of Virginia that explores how the American presidency meets national priorities and engages scholars with leading citizens to help solve major problems. 

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