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2009-10-08 Home Front: Politix

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Posted by Fred 2009-10-08 00:00|| || Front Page|| [2 views ] Top

#1 Senators say the arrangement goes against the Constitution because many czars are never vetted by Congress, even though they have a major role in making policy.

Actually goes back to one of the causa bellum of the English Civil War on who the King could appoint without the approval of Parliament. It's also one of the features of the Constitution, in that the founding fathers, still remembering their English heritage, explicitly wrote requirements for agents of the Executive to be subject to the Legislative Branch. For example, the President nominates officers, but Congress approves commissions.

But there may be few options for reeling them in.

Congress has the power of the purse. If it can cut funding for specific defense purposes, it can cut funding for other Executive activity. It's simply a question of will.

Posted by Procopius2k 2009-10-08 08:12|| 2009-10-08 08:12|| Front Page Top

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