The President's Czars: Undermining Congress and the Constitution

by Mitchel A. Sollenberger and Mark J. Rozell

Book Overview

Faced with crises that would challenge any president, Barack Obama authorized "pay czar" Kenneth Feinberg to oversee the $20 billion fund for victims of the BP oil spill and to establish--and enforce--executive pay guidelines for companies that received $700 billion in federal bailout money. Feinberg's office comes with vastly expansive policy powers along with seemingly deep pockets; yet his position does not formally fit anywhere within our government's...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0700618368
• ISBN13: 9780700618361
• Release Date: April 2012
• Publisher: University Press of Kansas
• Length: 312 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.0"