Presidential Signing Statement Disputes Provisions of National Defense Authorization Act

2013 ◽  
Vol 107 (2) ◽  
pp. 434-435
Keyword(s):  
National Defense ◽  
Signing Statement ◽  
Presidential Signing Statement

The Great Repudiator and Immigration Reform: Ronald Reagan and the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986

2018 ◽  
Vol 30 (4) ◽  
pp. 635-656
Author(s):  
Craig A. Kaplowitz
Keyword(s):  
Task Force ◽  
Ronald Reagan ◽  
Immigration Reform ◽  
Policy Issues ◽  
Political Stance ◽  
And Control ◽  
Signing Statement ◽  
Presidential Signing Statement

Abstract:In 1981, Ronald Reagan created a task force intended to gain the initiative on immigration reform. But immigration reform presented obstacles to his political stance in repudiation of his Democratic predecessors. After four years of wrangling, internally as well as with Congress, many on the Reagan team viewed the immigration task force as having shackled the president to an unwinnable issue. Frustrated politically, Reagan aides shifted focus to an emerging presidential tactic—the signing statement. This allowed the president to sign the Immigration Reform and Control Act while setting important precedents for his larger conservative agenda. The trajectory from presidential task force to presidential signing statement on immigration reform reveals the challenges Reagan faced on policy issues outside his core priorities, and also the development of a tactic to maneuver through the challenges. Immigration reform became less about immigration than about serving the administration’s larger core priorities.

Presidential Signing Statement

2012 ◽  
pp. 322-323
Author(s):  
Steven S. Smith ◽  
Jason M. Roberts ◽  
Ryan J. Vander Wielen
Keyword(s):  
Signing Statement ◽  
Presidential Signing Statement

Economic Growth and Defence Spending: An Efficiency Analysis of Romania’s Conscription Suspension

2020 ◽  
Vol 26 (2) ◽  
pp. 44-51
Author(s):  
Alin Teodor Huseraș ◽  
Andrei Ciprian Spînu
Keyword(s):  
Graphical Analysis ◽  
Defense Spending ◽  
National Defense ◽  
Effective Management ◽  
External Funding ◽  
The Public ◽  
Defence Spending ◽  
Key Sectors ◽  
The Military ◽  
Theoretical Issues

AbstractNational defense is one of the key sectors responsible for maintaining national security, being considered at the same time an element of great importance and strict necessity of the public sector. The performance of defense functions and missions are closely linked to the military capabilities of this sector, which in turn depend on the budget for defense spending. This paper deals with some theoretical issues in the economic field of defense, regarding the size of defense spending in GDP and their social effects. It is also trying to carry out an analysis on the efficiency versus inefficiency in the use of defense resources, to finance the two types of recruitment systems, namely: by conscription or voluntary will. In order to be able to achieve the above, graphical analysis methods and calculation dermination method were used. The efficiency of spending public funds depends on both objective factors such as: distribution of a certain share of GDP to a certain area; attracting internal and external funding, as well as subjective factors, like: allocating resources to certain categories of expenses; allocating resources to certain defense programs; effective management of these resources by the competent structures. Therefore, for a program to be considered effective, it must meet the requirements of the collective needs of society, be rationally implemented and be sustainable.

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