A photo of the U.S. Capitol taken on Sept. 21, 2020. (Geoff Livingston, https://flic.kr/p/2jKfguW; CC BY-NC-ND 2.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/)
Note: Congress is currently considering changes to how it oversees certain budgetary actions by the executive branch through the Power of the Purse Act, which was introduced in 2020. Molly Reynolds testified before the House Committee on the Budget on April 29 on the potential effects of the proposed legislation. This post is adapted from her testimony.
The “power of the purse” is among Congress’s constitutional responsibilities; Article 1,
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