Congress often acts as a ratifying agency for agreements reached outside it.

Evidence

Both Senator Borah and the bill’s supporters in the House were thus enabled repeatedly to meet technical objections by replying that the provision must be all right because it had been agreed to by all those who knew most about the practical problemseinvolved. The underlying agreement was, of course, even more important in dealing with basic opposition. In this aspect the Act illustrated one of the major features of American legislation - the extent to which the legislature acts as a ratifying agency giving effect to agreements arrived at outside the 5. — Henry M. Hart, Jr. and Albert M. Sacks, The Legal Process, 1379

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Legislatures cannot resolve all problems alone and depend on other decision agencies. — Henry M. Hart, Jr. and Albert M. Sacks, The Legal Process: Basic Problems in…, 1716; Congressional inaction following judicial construction can count as adoption of that construction — Henry M. Hart, Jr. and Albert M. Sacks, The Legal Process: Basic Problems in…, 3273; Standing committees, not the full chambers, actually make congressional policy — Henry M. Hart, Jr. and Albert M. Sacks, The Legal Process: Basic Problems in…, 4024 (+2 more)

Broader Connections

• Most base agreements are secret executive agreements bypassing Congress #exemplifies (0.85) — David Vine, Base Nation_ How U.S. Military Bases…, 1078
• Effective politics can operate tacitly outside formal institutions like black markets #corroborates (0.75) — Antonio Gramsci, Selections from the Prison Notebooks, 952