Porkbarrel: The Unexpurgated Grace Commission Story of Congressional Profligacy

by Gerald Lipson and Randall Fitzgerald

Book Overview

When the Grace Commission on government waste issued its final report, it accused Congress of blocking attempts to cut billions of dollars from federal spending. Members of Congress, it said, tried to bring water projects and military bases to their districts and keep them there when they weren't needed. In addition, it charged Congress with interfering in administrative decisions on pay scales and employee reorganization. But the Grace Commission...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0932790445
• ISBN13: 9780932790446
• Release Date: January 1984
• Publisher: Cato Institute
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.