Consider: What other powers of Congress are significant?

Homework: Assignment 5 for Monday

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Consider: What other powers of Congress are significant (besides lawmaking)?

Homework: Assignment 5 for tomorrow

“ Other” Powers of CongressUnit 4: Chapter 6

Congress

The Budgetary Function For most of US history, budgets were piecemeal and made without eye

towards setting policy

1921 – Budget and Accounting Act Requires Prez to send budget to Congress

Congressional Budget Act of 1974 Establishes budget process we use today Established idea of setting levels of spending CBO created Reconciliation process to limit debates; get through thorny

issues

Pork Bringing money and jobs to the district/state

Programmatic Requests- Used to be called “earmarks”; for specific projects

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TABLE 6.6: What is the timeline for the congressional budgetary process?

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The Oversight Function

The War Powers Resolution Congressional Review Confirmation of Presidential Appointees Impeachment

6.4

War Powers Resolution

Passed over President Nixon’s veto Requires Congressional approval to

commit troops Notice of action within 48 hours 60 days; then need Congressional approval or

declaration of war

Limits power of president as commander in chief

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• Congressional Review and Confirmation

Of the B’ucy Congressional review allows Congress to

overrule regulations for federal agencies

Of the Judicial branch and Executive Senate confirms Supreme Court, federal

district court, and Cabinet nominations

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Impeachment

Power to remove official from office House votes to impeach Senate conducts trial

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