[DOC] [TLE] Legislative affairs and tempestuous politics - William Howard Taft ... [PAR] He would not act unless he found the power to do so in the Constitution or in law 
and ... Yet he did more than any other president before him through mechanistic 
means ... Believing that he needed Cannon's strength in the battle for tariff reform, 
Taft .... Without specific congressional authority, Roosevelt and Garfield had... [DOC] [TLE] Joseph Gurney Cannon facts, information, pictures | Encyclopedia ... [PAR] Get information, facts, and pictures about Joseph Gurney Cannon at ... general, 
Cannon was elected to Congress in 1872 and remained until 1923, except for the 
... and 8 more as Speaker of the House, distinguishing himself in both posts for 
his ... "not one cent for scenery," Cannon fought Roosevelt's conservation 
program. [DOC] [TLE] Joseph Gurney Cannon - Wikipedia [PAR] Joseph Gurney Cannon (May 7, 1836  November 12, 1926) was a United States 
politician from Illinois and leader of the Republican Party. Cannon served as 
Speaker of the United States House of Representatives from 1903 to 1911, and 
many consider him to be the most dominant Speaker in United States history, ... 
As Cannon did not have a ticket, he was removed from the train in Tuscola. [DOC] [TLE] Brief Compilation of Editorial Comment on President Taft's Tariff ... [PAR] able Items, but, us a mater of fact. are not most of the Items in which were made of 
... In read- !lng the president s speech one cannot avoid coining to the conclusion 
... Taft eulogies Aldrich and he stands for Joe Cannon and for the tariff bill .... 
show that he realizes the of his own positIon and the strength of that of his critics. [DOC] [TLE] Party Factions in Congress: Congress & the Presidency: Vol 36, No 1 [PAR] FACTIONS AND THE DISTRIBUTION OF POWER IN CONGRESS ... are smaller 
and more agile than the party as a wholeand attempted to redistribute power 
within in the legislature. .... which fully flowered under Old Guard leader Joseph G
. Cannon. ..... Conservatives in the Progressive Era: The Taft Republicans of 
1912,... [DOC] [TLE] Three Sources: Executive Power Archives [PAR] If President Obama can circumvent Congress in both domestic and .... There is no 
denying that Executive Power has crept up through the years to the ... The 
Republican speaker, Joseph Gurney Cannon, famously complained of ...... Our 
humble, Constitutional Chief Magistrate Presidents Taft and Cleveland were 
criticized... [DOC] [TLE] the evolving congress - US Government Publishing Office [PAR] However, this era of strong partisanship is likely no more perma- nent than others 
in the past ..... criticism is that Congress cannot address a plethora of pressing na
- ... 1899) and Joseph Cannon (19031911)to ''committee government''. (
roughly ...... As for reducing the power of the chairs, the DSG recognized that the 
best... [DOC] [TLE] Trump Would Be 'Most Reckless' President Ever: Top GOP National ... [PAR] Aug 8, 2016 ... Given that there is no role more important for a president than that of ... elite 
looking to hold onto their power, and it's time they are held accountable for their 
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Congress, .... Post a pro-Trump Meme, and a pro-Clinton Meme on LinkedIn. [DOC] [TLE] Getting from Joe to Gene (McCarthy) - Berkeley Law Scholarship ... [PAR] Mar 1, 2005 ... A. Congress and the Canon in the Early Warren Court ................... 440. 1. ... 4 The 
most fundamental canon is that courts should not decide a... [DOC] [TLE] Federalism, Positive Law, and the Emergence of the American ... [PAR] Robert Post, Federalism, Positive Law, and the Emergence of the American 
Administrative State: Prohibition in the Taft Court Era, 48 Wm. & Mary L. Rev. 1 (
2006) .... Sec. 2. The Congress and the several States shall have concurrent 
power to .... is not going by enforcement until more people believe it is wrong to 
drink. [DOC] [TLE] Washington, We Have a Problem | Vanity Fair [PAR]

Question: Taft was criticized for not doing more to reduce the power of Joe Cannon, holder of this post in Congress
Answer: Speaker of the House