Public Policy: The Surprising Impotence of Congress This paper discusses how the US congress, to the surprise of perhaps many Americans, cannot exercise the power to lead public policy making despite its constitutional mandate to do so. Rather, the development of other constitutional actors - principally the office of the Presidency and the Supreme Court - have vitiated its power and diminished its influence Pages: 13 Bibliography: 7 source(s) listed Filename: 23632 publicpolicypaper.doc Price: 116.35