Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-271) and index.
Introduction -- Origins and significance of delegation of power -- Reforming the reforms : a brief history of congressional budgeting -- 1974 Budget Act : Congress takes control -- Congress attacks deficits (and itself) with Gramm-Rudman-Hollings -- Old problems and new tools of self-restraint : the Budget Enforcement Act of 1990 -- Stop us before we spend again : the Line-Item Veto Act of 1996 -- Conclusion : understanding delegation of power