The 103rd Congress and Arms Control

Journal Article · Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1994 · Arms Control Today

OSTI ID:45364

Isaacs, J

The 103rd Congress, heavily Democratic as usual, faced the unusual situation of a Democratic in the White House setting the national security agenda. Congressional Democrats spent 12 years battling the Reagan and Bush administrations on the pace of arms control negotiations, treaty interpretation, military budgets and strategic weapon issues. Congressional Republicans, on the other hand, had grown comfortable deferring to and defending the executive branch`s execution of arms control and foreign policies. Congressional democrats opted to attempt to influence ongoing executive branch security policy deliberations rather than to try to overturn decisions already announced.

• OSTI ID: 45364
• Journal Information: Arms Control Today, Vol. 24, Issue 1; Other Information: PBD: Jan-Feb 1994
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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