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Ronald Reagan and the House Democrats gridlock, partisanship, and the fiscal crisis /

"Drawing on materials unavailable in the 1980s, Brandt details the effects of President Ronald Reagan's conservative fiscal policies on the congressional budget process and reveals how the partisan budget struggles of the Reagan years led to tough fiscal choices and greater unity within th...

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Main Author: Brandt, Karl Gerard.
Format: Book
Language: English
Published: Columbia : University of Missouri Press, [2009]
Physical Description: viii, 254 pages ; 24 cm.
Subjects:
Reagan, Ronald -- Political and social views.
Reagan, Ronald -- Relations with legislators.
United States. -- Congress. -- House -- History -- 20th century.
Democratic Party (U.S.) -- History -- 20th century.
Political parties -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Crisis management in government -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Conservatism -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Fiscal policy -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
United States -- Politics and government -- 1981-1989.
United States -- Economic policy -- 1981-1993.
Table of Contents:
  • The rise and fall of democratic dominance
  • A new contest
  • The budget
  • Tax time
  • Democratic rebuilding
  • New opportunities
  • Hard choices
  • Limited options
  • Thermidor
  • A new status quo
  • The Wright path
  • Stalemate
  • The age of gridlock and partisanship.

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