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The big bill deadline, Trump’s DACA dinner, CA Dem poll

by Bedrosian Center

KPCC-FM’s “Take Two” interviewed Sherry Bebitch Jeffe of the USC Dornsife College President Trump and Democratic lawmakers may have outlined a DACA deal — or maybe not. A new poll from Berkeley’s Institute of Government Studies is shining some light on how Democrats feel about two familiar faces in California politics: House Minority Leader Nancy…

McCann’s new book uncovers partisanship when Congress delegates policy to states

by Bedrosian Center

By Matthew Kredell Ever since she worked for a state-level agency before attending graduate school, USC Price Assistant Professor Pamela McCann has been intrigued by when and why Congress chooses to delegate to the states for implementation of federal policy. In her new book The Federal Design Dilemma: Congress and Intergovernmental Delegation (Cambridge University Press),…