02952nam 2200673 450 991046040840332120200520144314.00-8131-8933-00-8131-7197-00-8131-5674-2(CKB)3710000000334097(EBL)1915258(SSID)ssj0001435427(PQKBManifestationID)11863966(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001435427(PQKBWorkID)11433799(PQKB)11455380(MiAaPQ)EBC1915258(OCoLC)644300558(MdBmJHUP)muse44136(Au-PeEL)EBL1915258(CaPaEBR)ebr11009671(CaONFJC)MIL691085(OCoLC)900344608(EXLCZ)99371000000033409720150206h20042004 uy 0engurcnu||||||||txtccrPassing the buck Congress, the budget, and deficits /Jasmine FarrierLexington, Kentucky :The University Press of Kentucky,2004.©20041 online resource (300 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-322-59803-7 0-8131-2335-6 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.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 ReaganBudgetUnited StatesBudget processUnited StatesFinance, PublicUnited StatesBudget deficitsUnited StatesElectronic books.BudgetBudget processFinance, PublicBudget deficits328.73/0778Farrier Jasmine1970-1030923MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910460408403321Passing the buck2448075UNINA