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The New President Makes a Budget: From Eisenhower to Bush
Author(s) -
O'Lessker Karl
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
public budgeting and finance
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.694
H-Index - 30
eISSN - 1540-5850
pISSN - 0275-1100
DOI - 10.1111/1540-5850.00943
Subject(s) - popularity , balance (ability) , ideology , work (physics) , political science , public administration , federal budget , law , politics , engineering , psychology , fiscal year , mechanical engineering , neuroscience
Beginning with Eisenhower in 1953, newly elected presidents have proposed revisions to the budgets their predecessors submitted just before leaving office. Only Eisenhower and Reagan enjoyed substantial success in these efforts; the other four soon found that Congress has become increasingly determined to work its own will in budgetary matters. While we have only six cases of new presidents who tried to revise their predecessors' budgets, it seems clear that the two most significant determinants of success have been the personal popularity of the president and a favorable ideological (not partisan) balance in Congress.