TY - BOOK AU - Farrier Jasmine TI - Passing the buck: Congress, the budget, and deficits SN - 0813123356 AV - JK1021 U1 - 328.73/0778 PY - 2004/// CY - Lexington PB - University Press of Kentucky KW - United States KW - Congress KW - Reform KW - Powers and duties KW - Budget KW - Budget process KW - Finance Public KW - Budget deficits N1 - 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 ER -