Bureaus, Clients, and Congress
- 1 February 1978
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Administration & Society
- Vol. 9 (4) , 447-466
- https://doi.org/10.1177/009539977800900403
Abstract
Richard Fenno, in Power of the Purse, contends that the budget process responds to interest group pressures. This study examines that hypothesis for 20 bureaus in the Department of Agriculture for the fiscal years 1971-1976. Cultivating clientele support both among interest groups and members of Congress appears to aid a bureau's budget position. Bureaus with strong support not only avoid budget cuts but grow rapidly from year to year.This publication has 8 references indexed in Scilit:
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