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You've read of free articles. Subscribe to continue. Mark Sappenfield. Our work isn't possible without your support. Digital subscription includes: Unlimited access to CSMonitor. The Monitor Daily email. No advertising. Cancel anytime. Before Inauguration Day, transition director John Podesta said in an interview that Obama deliberately was building a strong, centralized White House organization, one that grew naturally out of his disciplined presidential campaign.
Thus, an energy czar made sense. Podesta saw little potential for the czars to undermine the authority of Cabinet agencies. Now that the White House is launching the system, aides are refining the description a bit. Messina emphasized that the czar positions rank below Cabinet positions.
He said the confirmation-free appointments do not violate the Constitution because the czars are aides to the president and his team. Browner, whose title is special advisor to Obama on climate change and energy, told reporters two weeks ago that the administration soon would propose new rules to regulate greenhouse gas emissions from a variety of industries. John Engler, who heads the National Assn. At least one senator wanted to ask Browner about exactly that in a confirmation hearing.
As a czar and not a Cabinet secretary, however, she did not have to answer questions on Capitol Hill. Authors Instructors Media Booksellers Librarians. Quick search: search for products or web pages, depending on options selected below. Products Site. Michigan Publishing University of Michigan Press. Download cover image. Recommend to your Library. Share Facebook Twitter Mendeley Reddit. An empirical analysis of the role of czars as tools for making and implementing policy. This book is an excellent effort to fill a major gap in the scholarship of both the presidency and public policy.
Although some Members have asked serious questions around the makeup of the White House staff, the bulk of the noise you hear began first with partisan commentators, suggesting that this is somehow a new and sinister development that threatens our democracy. This is, of course, ridiculous. Many of the officials cited by conservative commentators have been confirmed by the Senate. Many hold policy jobs that have existed in previous Administrations. Many of these members who now decry the practice have called on Presidents in the past to appoint "czars" to coordinate activities within the government to address immediate challenges.
Just some folks willing to act in good faith.
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