Год выпуска: 0 Автор: John B. Gilmour Издательство: Страниц: 0 ISBN: 0520069439
Описание
Gilmour traces the development of the congressional budget process from its origin through the emergence of reconcilliation and Gramm- Rudman- Hollings. He shows how changes in process have brought about far- reaching shifts in congressional power, and explains why they have failed to control the explosion of budget deficits. Throughout the last decade budgetary issues have dominated the national political agenda as the deficit has skyrocketed to previously unimaginable levels. In this important book, John Gilmour traces the continuing quest of Congress over the last fifteen years to reform its budgeting system in the hope of producing better policy. He shows that the enactment of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 and the introduction ofthe reconciliation procedure in 1980 have produced a budgetary system in which congressional majorities can get what they want, provided only that they can agree on a comprehensive budget policy. From his thorough analysis,...
