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1977 Food and Agricultural Policy: The Political Setting in Washington
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 10 May 2017
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The development of new food and agricultural legislation in 1977 has been subject to a number of constraints almost from the outset. First, the 95th Congress decided, after earlier trial use, to use the new budget process “in earnest” this session. This mandated that committees have bills reported to their respective bodies by May 15. Second, the President very early issued guidelines as to the levels of acceptable Federal outlays for programs in the bills — more expensive ones faced the strong threat of veto. Third, it was widely recognized that the basic or permanent legislation which comes in force if new legislation is not enacted would be virtually unworkable in today's economy. This provided further incentive for development of legislation acceptable to both branches. The Congress thus had to develop new legislation in a very short period to meet the new budget schedule, avoid writing a bill certain to be vetoed, and rush to complete action on the bill before the month-long August recess to avoid having the permanent legislation become operative.
- Type
- 1977 Food and Agricultural Policy – Impcat on the Northeast
- Information
- Journal of the Northeastern Agricultural Economics Council , Volume 6 , Issue 2 , October 1977 , pp. 168 - 176
- Copyright
- Copyright © Northeastern Agricultural and Resource Economics Association
Footnotes
This paper was revised in late July to reflect developments subsequent to the Northeast Agricultural Economics Council meetings in late June. The views expressed are those of the author and may not reflect official positions of the Department of Agriculture.
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