Resumen de Congress Underestimated: The Case of the World Bank

Kristina Daugirdas

• This article challenges the oft-repeated claim that international organizations undermine democracy by marginalizing national legislatures. Over the past forty years, Congress has established itself as a key player in setting U.S. policy toward the World Bank. Congress has done far more than restrain executive branch action with which it disagrees; it has affirmatively shaped the United States’ dayto- day participation in this key international organization and successfully defended its constitutional authority to do so.