With one party controlling the presidency and the opposing party controlling
Congress, the veto has inevitably become a critical tool of presidential power.
Combining sophisticated game theory with unprecedented data, this book analyzes
how divided party presidents use threats and vetoes to wrest policy concessions
from a hostile Congress. Case studies of the most important vetoes in recent
history add texture to the analysis, detailing how President Clinton altered the
course of Newt Gingrich's Republican Revolution. Offering the first book-length
analysis to bring rational choice theory to bear on the presidency, Veto
Bargaining is a major contribution to our understanding of American politics in
an age of divided