附註:Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-228) and index.
The puzzle of budget politics -- Budget choices and deficit politics: 1980-96 -- Aligning the stars ... governing, policy, and leadership -- Tug-of-war -- Bipartisan deal making under divided government -- Don't let the perfect be the enemy of the good -- Reconciliation medley -- The politics of tax policy -- Conference politics: staking out positions and restoring bipartisanship -- The 1997 Budget Agreement in realist perspective.
