Guide to the Presidency

In the two decades since it was first published, CQ's Guide to the Presidency has become the leading reference source on the persons who have occupied the White House and on the institution of the presidency itself.The Guide is extensively updated to bring the story of the presidency: -- through the partisan and tumultuous second term of Bill Clinton that was defined by only the second impeachment action in the nation's history-- through though the controversial elections of 2000 eventually decided by a Supreme Court decision-- into the remarkable early months of President George W. Bush, who witnessed his presidency transformed in a single day on September 11, 2001.In the aftermath of terrorist attacks on the United States, the Bush presidency, and perhaps the institution itself, were changed in ways that were both immediately apparent and continually evolving. Nearly as remarkable, the bitter partisan atmosphere of Washington politics for more than a decade fell away -- at least temporarily -- as Democrats and Republicans closed ranks behind the nation's only single leader -- the president.Authors of the third edition set these events in the context of the long history and evolution of the presidency. They examine how the presidency and politics reacted to the events of 2001, as well as how the nation's political system may have changed.Readers will turn to the Guide for its vast array of factual information about the institution and the presidents as well as analytical chapters that explain the structure and operations of the office and the president's relationship to co-equal branches of government, Congress and the Supreme Court.In this edition of CQ'sGuide to the Presidency you will find: Part I: Origins and Development of the Presidency examines the history and evolution from George Washington to George W. Bush.Part II: Selection and Removal of the President describ