Passing the Buck

While congressional delegation and abdication, particularly in the area of war powers, has long been noted, Farrier's research provides evidence that the problem extends into other congressional prerogatives as well.

~APSA Legislative Studies Section Newsletter

An excellent account of the political tensions inherent in the modern congressional budget process. Farrier offers an important exceedingly intelligent study of a central concern for US governance and the balance of power. Highly recommended.

~Choice

A comprehensive and important study of how Congress has reformed the budget process over the past several decades. Passing the Buck offers an informative perspective on the formal changes that have been made in the congressional budget process.

~Daniel Palazzolo, author of The Speaker and the Budget: Leadership in the Post-

A timely and compelling example of first-rate scholarship.

~Lawrence C. Dodd

Well written, comprehensive, and clear in her approach. Policymakers, policy analysts, students, academics, and researchers interested in the federal budget process will benefit from reading this book.

~Perspectives on Political Science

Well written and researched and raises interesting questions about delegation of authority in congressional research, as well as the history of congressional budgeting.

~Perspectives on Politics

Farrier sets out to understand why Congress 'tells the country that it is not well suited to making tough decisions on major policy questions.'... A highly informative read.

~Political Science Quarterly

Choice

~Richard Pious, author of Why Presidents Fail: White House Decision Making from Eisenhower to Bush II

Farrier offers an important exceedingly intelligent study of a central concern for US governance and the balance of power.

~Choice