Question

What was the goal of the 1985 gramm-rudman-hollings act?

Answer 1

To try to shrink the persistent budget deficits

Answer 2

The Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act of 1985 was an American law on the federal budget balance.

It imposed annual ceilings for the budget deficit. In the event of Congressional non-compliance with annual budget deficit ceilings, the President of the United States should automatically and proportionally cut in most public programs.

This law had been subject of much criticism because it conferred legislative powers on the president, which is contrary to the US Constitution (it had also been declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court).