Passing the buck : Congress, the budget, and deficits /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Farrier, Jasmine, 1970-
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Lexington : University Press of Kentucky, [2004]
Subjects:	United States. > Congress > Reform. United States. > Congress > Powers and duties. Budget > United States. Budget process > United States. Finance, Public > United States. Budget deficits > United States.

Table of 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.