Passing The Buck
Subtitle: Congress, The Budget, And Deficits
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
Published: September 15, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 284
ISBN-13: 9780813123356
Subjects: Public finance; Reform; Political Science; Finance, Public; Politics / Current Events; Public Policy - Economic Policy; Politics/International Relations; USA; Government - Legislative Branch; Government - U.S. Government; Congress; United States; Budget; Budget process; Powers and duties
First sentence: Congress was designed over two hundred years ago with the assumptions that members would fight for their institution and that budget powers would be especially dear to the hearts of legislators.
Description: "In Passing the Buck, Jasmine Farrier examines the historical record to chronicle the methods and institutional causes of congressional delegation of power, a prevailing trend in Washington regardless of the political party controlling the Capitol or the White House."--BOOK JACKET.