Passing the buck : Congress, the budget, and deficits / Jasmine Farrier.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Farrier, Jasmine, 1970- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Budget--United States.

Budget.

Budget process--United States.

Budget process.

Finance, Public--United States.

Finance, Public.

Budget deficits--United States.

Budget deficits.

United States. Congress--Reform.

United States.

United States. Congress--Powers and duties.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (300 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Lexington, Kentucky : The University Press of Kentucky, 2004.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In the past thirty years, Congress has dramatically changed its response to unpopular deficit spending. While the landmark Congressional Budget Act of 1974 tried to increase congressional budgeting powers, new budget processes created in the 1980's and 1990's were all explicitly designed to weaken member, majority, and institutional budgeting prerogatives. These later reforms shared the premise that Congress cannot naturally forge balanced budgets without new automatic mechanisms and enhanced presidential oversight. So Democratic majorities in Congress gave new budgeting powers to Presidents Reagan

Contents:

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.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780813189338

0813189330

9780813171975

0813171970

9780813156743

0813156742

OCLC:

644300558