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The price of politics /

"This book examines the struggle between President Obama and the United States Congress to manage federal spending and tax policy for the three and one half years between 2009 and the summer of 2012. More than half the book focuses on the intense 44-day crisis in June and July 2011 when the Uni...

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Main Author:	Woodward, Bob, 1943-
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Simon & Schuster, 2012.
Edition:	1st Simon & Schuster hardcover ed.
Subjects:	Obama, Barack. Budget > United States. Budget deficits > United States. Fiscal policy > United States. Government spending policy > United States. United States > Economic policy. United States > Appropriations and expenditures, 2011. United States > Economic conditions > 2009- United States > Politics and government > 2009-2017.

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