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Unused power; the work of the Senate Committee on Appropriations.
- Title
- Unused power; the work of the Senate Committee on Appropriations.
- Author
- Horn, Stephen, 1931-2011.
- Publication
- Washington, Brookings Institution [1970]
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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Details
- Description
- xii, 285 pages; 24 cm
- Summary
- Detailed study of the work of the USA senate committee on appropriations and its influence on government policy concerning the national budget - covers committee membership, political leadership, the subcommittee system, administrative aspects, the information gathering and decision making processes, etc., and suggests how the committee could improve its efficiency in order to wield greater influence in scrutinizing executive spending recommendations. Statistical tables.
- Subject
- United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Appropriations
- United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Appropriations
- government policy
- national budget
- membership
- political leadership
- administrative aspect
- decision making
- efficiency
- statistical table
- politique gouvernementale
- budget de l'Etat
- appartenance
- direction politique
- aspect administratif
- prise de décision
- efficacité
- tableau statistique
- política gubernamental
- presupuesto nacional
- miembros
- dirección política
- aspecto administrativo
- toma de decisiones
- eficiencia
- cuadros estadísticos
- USA
- Etats-Unis
- Estados Unidos
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Contents
- Prologue: The Setting -- A Markup Session -- The Budgetary Process -- The Members -- Motivation -- Getting on the Committee -- Who Gets On -- Committee Life: The Operating Structure -- The Chairman -- The Subcommittee System -- The ex Officio Member -- The Staff System -- Committee Life: Attitudes and Practices -- Court of Appeals vs. de Novo Tribunal -- Economy or Policy Formulation? -- The Unwritten Rules of Behavior -- The Information-Gathering Process -- External Sources of Information -- The Hearing -- The Investigative Function -- The Decision-Making Process -- At Committee Level -- The Floor -- The Conference -- The Committee and the Executive -- Committee Influence on the Executive -- Executive Influence on the Committee -- The Need for Change -- What Is Wrong with the Senate Appropriations Process? -- The Strategy of Reform -- What Should Be Done?
- ISBN
- 0815737300
- 9780815737308
- LCCN
- 74109435
- OCLC
- ocm00105680
- 105680
- SCSB-164848
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library