PRESIDENTIAL SPENDING POWER by Louis Fisher ( 9780691644790 ) - Books & Audio Books at Pickabook.co.uk

Item Details

Title:

PRESIDENTIAL SPENDING POWER

By:

Louis Fisher

Format:

Hardback

List price:

£134.00

Our price:

£107.20

Discount:

20% off

You save:

£26.80

ISBN 10:

0691644799

ISBN 13:

9780691644790

Availability:

Usually dispatched within 1-3 weeks.

Delivery rates

Stock:

Currently 0 available

Publisher:

PRINCETON UNIVERSITY PRESS

Pub. date:

19 April, 2016

Series:

Princeton Legacy Library

Pages:

362

Synopsis:

Each year billions of dollars are diverted by the President and his assistants from the purposes for which Congress intended them. Billions more are used in confidential and covert ways, without the knowledge of Congress and the public. Here is the first account of how this money is actually spent.Louis Fisher writes: "When it comes to the administration of the budget, we find nothing that is obvious, very little that is visible. Our priorities here are peculiar. We fix upon the appropriations process, watching with great fascination as Congress goes about its business of making funds available to agencies. What happens after that point -the actual spending of money-rarely commands our attention."To unravel the mystery, Louis Fisher has investigated different forms of discretionary action: the transfer of funds that initially financed the Cambodian incursion; impoundment during the Nixon administration; covert financing; the reprogramming of funds; and unauthorized commitments. He describes each of these devices in operation and provides the historical background of Presidential spending power. In conclusion Louis Fisher presents a cogent and timely analysis of what can be done to improve Congressional control. Sufficient control, he maintains, cannot be achieved merely through the appropriations process, and he makes important recommendations designed to preserve discretionary authority while improving Congressional supervision.Originally published in 1975.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Publication:

Imprint:

Princeton University Press

Returns:

Returnable

Some other items by this author:

CONGRESS

CONGRESS (HB)

CONGRESSIONAL ABDICATION ON WAR AND SPENDING (HB)

CONGRESSIONAL ABDICATION ON WAR AND SPENDING (PB)

CONGRESSIONAL PROTECTION OF RELIGIOUS LIBERTY (PB)

CONSTITUTIONAL CONFLICTS BETWEEN CONGRESS AND THE PRESIDENT (HB)