Presidential spending power / Louis Fisher.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Fisher, Louis, author.

Series:

Princeton legacy library.

Princeton Legacy Library

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Budget--United States.

Budget.

Finance, Public--United States.

Finance, Public.

United States--Appropriations and expenditures.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (361 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, 1975.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Each year billions of dollars are diverted by the President and his assistants from the purposes for which Congress intended them. Billions more are used in confidential and covert ways, without the knowledge of Congress and the public. Here is the first account of how this money is actually spent.Louis Fisher writes: "When it comes to the administration of the budget, we find nothing that is obvious, very little that is visible. Our priorities here are peculiar. We fix upon the appropriations process, watching with great fascination as Congress goes about its business of making funds available to agencies. What happens after that point -the actual spending of money-rarely commands our attention."To unravel the mystery, Louis Fisher has investigated different forms of discretionary action: the transfer of funds that initially financed the Cambodian incursion; impoundment during the Nixon administration; covert financing; the reprogramming of funds; and unauthorized commitments. He describes each of these devices in operation and provides the historical background of Presidential spending power. In conclusion Louis Fisher presents a cogent and timely analysis of what can be done to improve Congressional control. Sufficient control, he maintains, cannot be achieved merely through the appropriations process, and he makes important recommendations designed to preserve discretionary authority while improving Congressional supervision.Originally published in 1975.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction

1. Presidential Budgeting (1789-1921)

2. Presidential Budgeting (1921-1975 )

3. Lump-Sum Appropriations

4. Reprogramming of Funds

5. Transfers Between Accounts

6. Timing of Obligations

7. Impoundment: Politics and the Law

8. Impoundment: The Nixon Legacy

9. Covert Financing

10. Executive Commitments

Conclusion

References

Table of Cases

Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Jul 2019)

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780691617695

0691617694

9780691644790

0691644799

9780691021737

0691021732

9781400868346

1400868343

OCLC:

902958219