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Presidential pork

Hudak, John Joseph.

Presidential pork White House influence over the distribution of federal grants / [electronic resource] : John Hudak. - Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, 2014. - 1 online resource (pages cm) - UPCC book collections on Project MUSE. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction -- Spending power and the election-driven president -- Pork barrel politics at the presidential level -- Aiding and abetting the president : the role of federal agencies -- Presidential motives in the shadow of crisis -- A web of bureaucratic control -- The mechanisms of presidential spending power -- Conclusions and implications.

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Presidents--Decision making.--United States
Government spending policy--United States.
Executive power--United States.
Grants-in-aid--United States.


United States--Appropriations and expenditures.


Electronic books.

HJ275.2 / .H84 2014

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