The Nexus of Senate Procedure and Foreign Policymaking

This session will focus on senate procedure and how the senate engages with questions of national security and foreign policy. Congress has the constitutional authority to declare war, ratify treaties and oversee and appropriate for foreign policy. All of these powers are eroding in practice. Part of that story is about the hurdles Senate procedure puts in front of legislative action.

Rebecca Brocato, SNF Agora Visiting Fellow and former Special Assistant to Presidents Biden and Obama, and Reema Dodin, Chief of Staff to Senator Brian Schatz. Former Deputy Assistant to President Biden and Floor Director for Democratic Whip Senator Dick Durbin (D-Il).

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