By Jaimini Patel, Leigh Ann McDaniel, Mary Latimer, and Ben Poss

Methods that Congress use to oversee the bureaucracy Congress’ ability to eliminate uncooperative agencies Controls over money

Congress’ ability to eliminate uncooperative agencies Congress has the power to create agencies and eliminate them. No agency can exist without Congress’ approval This is very extreme, since Congress relies on agencies to implement their laws.

Controls over money Congress has to authorize spending Spending authorization can either be permanent, yearly, a fixed period, or program Congress has more control over agencies when they have to authorize it yearly

Control of appropriations bills No money can be spent by the bureaucracy without an appropriations bill. The agencies submit requests for spending plans which eventually become appropriations bills for them in the yearly budget. Congress could oversee the bureaucracy by editing their spending requests.

Ineffective Oversight Congressional Investigations Legislative Veto

Congressional Investigations Investigations may be conducted by either select or standing committees, or both During the 9/11 investigation of Department of Homeland Security, they had to report to 86 different committees and subcommittees. This may become excessive and rarely do any good.

Legislative Veto Legislative Veto was a requirement that an executive decision stay in Congress for a certain amount of time. Congress could veto the decision by passing a resolution of disapproval. This manner of congressional oversight is ineffective because it was declared unconstitutional in the Supreme court case INS v. Chadha.

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