committee involvement leads to more presidential influence relative to interest group influence. The fact that the relationship is unchanged suggests White House Influence White House Influence Relative to Int. Groups Relative to Int. Groups All Executives Careerists Only (Model 5) (Model 6) -.66 -1.01 Constant (Std. Err) (.48) (.68) .57* .57* Average # of (.16) (.19) Oversight Committees -.004 .005 # Policy Areas (.02) (.02) for Agency .03 -.10 Bush Agenda? (.13) (.23) -.01 -.38* Agency Ideal (.06) (.09) Point -.98* -.47 Independent (.21) (.44) Commission? -.27* .02 Cabinet (.15) (.26) Department? .41 % Political (.44) Appointees -.48* .05 % Employed in (.20) (.41) Field Office R2 .52 .24 N 95 95 Table A4: Agency Level Regression Results for the Effect of Multiple Committee Oversight on Presidential influence relative to Interest Groups: * denotes two-tailed significance at .10 or better. A5 replicates the results of Table 3 in the text for the influence of the president relative to the Democratic Party. As was the case in Table 3, the results are not affected by accounting for omitted agency-level variation. The estimated effect of increasing the number of committees on the difference in presidential and congressional influence ranges from .10 to .12.
committee involvement leads to more presidential influence relative to interest group influence. The fact that the relationship is unchanged suggests White House Influence Relative to Int. Groups White House Influence Relative to Int. Groups All Executives Careerists Only (Model 5) (Model 6) Constant (Std. Err) -.66 (.48) -1.01 (.68) Average # of Oversight Committees .57* (.16) .57* (.19) # Policy Areas for Agency -.004 (.02) .005 (.02) Bush Agenda? .03 (.13) -.10 (.23) Agency Ideal Point -.01 (.06) -.38* (.09) Independent Commission? -.98* (.21) -.47 (.44) Cabinet Department? -.27* (.15) .02 (.26) % Political Appointees .41 (.44) % Employed in Field Office -.48* (.20) .05 (.41) R2 .52 .24 N 95 95 Table A4: Agency Level Regression Results for the Effect of Multiple Committee Oversight on Presidential influence relative to Interest Groups: * denotes two-tailed significance at .10 or better. A5 replicates the results of Table 3 in the text for the influence of the president relative to the Democratic Party. As was the case in Table 3, the results are not affected by accounting for omitted agency-level variation. The estimated effect of increasing the number of committees on the difference in presidential and congressional influence ranges from .10 to .12.
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