Hall of Mirrors: Perceptions and Misperceptions in the US Congressional Foreign Policy Process: On Many Foreign Policy Issues US Leaders and Public Agree, But Congress Votes to the Contrary

Abstract

A new joint study of the Chicago Council on Foreign Relations (CCFR) and the Program on International Policy Attitudes (PIPA) at the University of Maryland finds that the American public and American leaders—including senior Congressional staffers, administration officials, and leaders in business, labor, media and other areas— agree on many key foreign policy issues, but that Congress frequently votes contrary to this consensus.