Describe the four constraints on congressional action in foreign policy.
What will be an ideal response?
Answers should identify the four constraints on congressional action as passing the buck, structural weaknesses, judicial noninterference, and constituent service. Passing the buck can be defined as congressional members distancing themselves from foreign policy issues because the public sees these issues as within the purview of the president and hold him accountable for successes and failures. Structural weaknesses address the difficultly of reaching a consensus among policy makers and lacking the means to execute its foreign policy goals. Answers concerning judicial noninterference may draw on Chapter 4. Constituent service identifies how legislators are incentivized to provide for their constituents’ immediate, material needs instead of abstract foreign policy issues.
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