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The Sword and the Purse: the why and how of congressional delegation of budget authority to DoD.(Workshop Report)

Armed Forces Comptroller

| June 22, 2005 | Schmidt, Paul | COPYRIGHT 2005 American Society of Military Comptrollers. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Commander Philip J. Candreva

SC, USN, Lecturer for the Graduate School of Business & Public Policy

Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, California

"For decades, Presidential administrations have sought to wrap their finger around the purse strings, push away the Congress, and ignore the Constitution ... it does not matter what administration it is. It does not matter the political party of the president. What matters in nothing more than raw power. Congress has it. The executive branch wants it."

--U.S. Congress. Senate. Protecting the Constitutional Authorities of Congress, 108th Congress, 1st Session, 149 Cong Rec S5397, April 11, ...

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