Select a bill recently passed by Congress and signed by the president. Explain how interbranch interactions (and possibly conflict) influenced the policy that was eventually implemented.

What will be an ideal response?

Depending on the bill selected, students might describe some of the following dynamics: presidential agenda-setting through the State of the Union or other public pronouncements, veto threats (and/or actual vetoes and subsequent override or amended bill), consideration of constitutionality/judicial reaction by members of Congress, judicial review after the passage of the bill, executive discretion in implementing the statute, and so on.