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Presidential earmarks? Perhaps even more so than their counterparts in Congress, presidents have the motive and the means to politicize spending for political power. But do they? In Presidential Pork, John Hudak explains and interprets presidential efforts to control federal spending and accumulate...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Hudak, John (John Joseph) (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, [2014]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Presidents > Decision making.
Grants-in-aid.
Government spending policy.
Expenditures, Public.
Executive power.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > American Government > General.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Public Finance.
Presidents > États-Unis > Prise de decision.
Pouvoir executif > États-Unis.
Subventions de l'État aux collectivites locales > États-Unis.
Presidents > United States > Decision making.
Government spending policy > United States.
Executive power > United States.
Grants-in-aid > United States.
United States.
United States > Appropriations and expenditures.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Presidential earmarks? Perhaps even more so than their counterparts in Congress, presidents have the motive and the means to politicize spending for political power. But do they? In Presidential Pork, John Hudak explains and interprets presidential efforts to control federal spending and accumulate electoral rewards for that power. The projects that members of Congress secure for their constituents certainly attract attention. Political pundits still chuckle about the ""Bridge to Nowhere."" But Hudak clearly illustrates that while Congress claims credit for earmarks and pet projects, the practi.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (222 pages): illustrations
ISBN:9780815725213

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