00850 2200145 4500245003400000020001800034700002100052650002800073005001900101260003300120041001200153084001200165300002700177500050000204 aPolitics and the BudgethText a0-13-684416-2 aShuman, Howard E aPolitics and the Budget a20210403124119 aAmerianbPrentice Hallc1988 aEnglish a353.007 axv, 335 hlm, :c23 cm. aThis second edition of Politics and the Budget: The Struggle between the President and the Congress is occasioned by two major events and an overriding issue. The major events are the passage of the Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act in 1985 and the Tax Reform Act of 1986. The overriding issue is the public debt which shortly will hve tripled since 1980 and which, because of its effects on domestic policy, the balance of trade, and the balance of payments, has dominated American politics since 1981.