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Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2026

Richard S. Katz
Richard S. Katz*
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Department of Political Science, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore MD, USA
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The major event in American politics in 2014 was the mid-term congressional election. The Republican success in gaining a majority in the Senate and increasing their majority in the House led to media speculation about a weak lame-duck Presidency, but ironically appears also to have liberated the President to be more assertive in his use of executive authority.

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Political Data Yearbook , Volume 54 , Issue 1 , December 2015, pp. 309 - 315
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Copyright © 2016 European Consortium for Political Research

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