The vote on railways credits during the budget discussion of 1848: an omnipotent budget committee?

Under the censitive monarchy, the national representatives were granted a larger range of abilities in the drawing-up of the nation's budget. The last budget voted in by the Chamber of deputies before the revolution of 1848 is a telling example of this. An analysis of the railway credits clearly reveals that the budget committee played a decisive role: the ministers give in to the views of the committee, who then imposes its decision on the deputies. During the Chamber debates, the committee and the administration form a united front to defend their agreements against the complaints of the deputies, who are the spokesmen of their constituency. Adapted from the source document.