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QUESTIONS
Compare and contrast the movies in Section III. How can members of Congress and the
president make solid decisions in the pressure cooker that is Washington, DC? What role does
staff and the executive branch bureaucracy play in the decision-making process? How important
is staff and the bureaucracy in protecting Congress and the president politically? Explain. Be
sure to draw on all the movies in this section, the assigned readings, and any others you can think
of, in answering these questions. Remember: there are no “right” or “wrong” answers to these
questions—simply opinions which are either well-defended or not.
Movies List
III. Staff, the Bureaucracy, & Decision Making
A. Thirteen Days (2000) [145 min.] {June 4} {{Topic: Crisis Decision-Making: Cuban Missile Crisis}}
B. Charlie Wilson’s War (2007) [102 min.] {June 5} {{Topic: Cold War Decision-Making}}
E. Wag the Dog (1998) [97 min.] {June 6} {{Topic: Manipulating the Public}}
C. The American President (1995) [115 min.] {June 7} {{Topic: Before the “West Wing”}}
D. Too Big to Fail (2011) [99 min.] {June 8} {{Topic: 2008 Financial Crisis}}
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How can members of Congress and the president make solid decisions in the pressure
cooker that is Washington, DC?
The government has three branches which prevent each other from having too much
power. For instance, the congress men and the president ensure checks against each other. This
limits the president from having too much power. The president checks on the Congress to
ensure they also do not have much power (Wilson, n.p). For that reason, the movies in this
section are there to outline how the Congress and the executive branch observe the checks to
control and limit the power despite their independence. The decision can be obtained by the
president observing the checks by approving or disapproving a decision brought to him by the
congressmen. On the other side, when the president makes a decision or wants to pass a bill, the
congressmen observe their checks by voting for or against the decision of the president. If 2/3 or
more of the Congress votes toward the bill, then it is approved but when they vote against it is
discarded (Howell and Terry, p.34). Also, on foreign matters, the president is checked by the
Senate to approve anything the president wants to do outside the country.
The movie "Thirteen days" shows how president takes the stand of leadership and brings
out the tough roles in decision making. Additionally it is clear that consequences of poor made
decision can be expensive and destructive to the nation. Together with congressmen gives a
picture that three must be agreements. Also, there is the conflict between the congressmen and
the president where they suggest on safe measures before agreeing to bombing of Cuba. The
movie "Charlie Wilson's War" outlines how the Congress can make a decision. Wilson's makes a
call to the help in the Afghanistan war after being narrated for what is on the ground and news
from the press on how the people were suffering as a result of the war. As a result, the
subcommittee met and agreed to increase the CIA budget to help in the war. The members of the
congressmen suggest and they meet to prove the decision which they later took to the president
for approval. Also, a different way can be seen in the movie "War the Dog" where the purpose of
the Congress and the president to divert the attention of the public from a certain interest. Most
of the closest advisers of the President go to the extent of faking war to protect the president
from sexual scandal. The fourth movie, "The American President," shows a fight between the
democrat and republican president where they want to pass a bill to reduce crime. So though they
know that the bill will not help much they want to vote and influence the Congress to pass the
bill. This...