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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