Farrier Jasmine 1970

Passing the buck : Congress, the budget, and deficits / Jasmine Farrier. - Lexington : University Press of Kentucky, 2004. - xi, 284 p. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction -- Origins and significance of delegation of power -- Reforming the reforms : a brief history of congressional budgeting -- 1974 Budget Act : Congress takes control -- Congress attacks deficits (and itself) with Gramm-Rudman-Hollings -- Old problems and new tools of self-restraint : the Budget Enforcement Act of 1990 -- Stop us before we spend again : the Line-Item Veto Act of 1996 -- Conclusions.

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United States Congress --Reform
United States Congress --Powers and duties


Budget--United States
Budget process--United States
Finance Public--United States
Budget deficits--United States

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