Impoundment Reporting and Review, Hearings..., 93-1, March 28, 29; April 4, 5; May 7, 8, 14, and 21, 1973 |
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... branches of Government , including Congress . For several years now President Nixon has waged his undeclared war on Congress . In 1971 , the Nixon administration said it would withhold more than $ 12 billion in highway and urban program ...
... branches of Government , including Congress . For several years now President Nixon has waged his undeclared war on Congress . In 1971 , the Nixon administration said it would withhold more than $ 12 billion in highway and urban program ...
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... branch . I believe in the legislative branch and I believe we have the power and the will to improve our course of action . PURPOSE OF BILL IS PROCEDURAL I am proposing today an orderly approach to a very controversial issue which is of ...
... branch . I believe in the legislative branch and I believe we have the power and the will to improve our course of action . PURPOSE OF BILL IS PROCEDURAL I am proposing today an orderly approach to a very controversial issue which is of ...
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... branch . If we should concede that , then the President would have the power of the purse which the Constitution gives to the legislative branch . Administration spokesmen state that Congress is fragmented , they poor - mouth the ...
... branch . If we should concede that , then the President would have the power of the purse which the Constitution gives to the legislative branch . Administration spokesmen state that Congress is fragmented , they poor - mouth the ...
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... branch . The facts simply do not support the view that Congress alone is responsible for our unfortunate fiscal situation . The chairman of the committee has pointed out that the Executive has submitted budgets providing for and ...
... branch . The facts simply do not support the view that Congress alone is responsible for our unfortunate fiscal situation . The chairman of the committee has pointed out that the Executive has submitted budgets providing for and ...
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... branches in fact , Mr. Chairman , have walked hand - in - hand down this road and both must share the responsibility . I repudiate any attempt to lay the responsibility for the fiscal situ- ation solely upon the shoulders of the ...
... branches in fact , Mr. Chairman , have walked hand - in - hand down this road and both must share the responsibility . I repudiate any attempt to lay the responsibility for the fiscal situ- ation solely upon the shoulders of the ...
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60 days administration agency agree amendment amount ANDERSON Anti-Deficiency Act anti-impoundment apportionment appropriated funds appropriation bill Appropriations Committee approval areas authority to impound billion budget authority Budget Bureau CEDERBERG Chairman Charles Dawes CLAWSON Committee on Budget Comptroller concurrent resolution congressional Constitution Court DANIELSON defense DELANEY dent disapproval economy effect savings enacted Ervin bill established executive branch faithfully executed Federal fiscal gentleman going Government gress hearings House House Appropriations Committee impound funds impoundment actions impoundment bill impoundment of funds increase inflation issue LATTA LEGGETT legislation Mahon bill MATSUNAGA matter ment obligation passed PEPPER percent PICKLE poundment President Nixon President's priorities problem procedure programs proposal question QUILLEN reduce reserves responsibility separation of powers SISK special message specific spending ceiling statement statutory taxes Thank thing tion tive U.S. Congress United veto vote withholding
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Page 4 - All appeals from the decisions of the Chair relating to the application of the rules of the Senate or the House of Representatives, as the case may be, to the procedure relating to a resolution with respect to a reorganization plan shall be decided without debate.
Page 98 - In apportioning any appropriation, reserves may be established to provide for contingencies, or to effect savings whenever savings are made possible by or through changes in requirements, greater efficiency of operations, or other developments subsequent to the date on which such appropriation was made available.
Page 104 - ... on or before the beginning of each fiscal year, be so apportioned by monthly or other allotments as to prevent expenditures in one portion of the year which may necessitate deficiency or additional appropriations to complete the service of the fiscal year for which said appropriations are made...
Page 72 - It is believed to be one of the chief merits of the American system of written constitutional law, that all the powers intrusted to government, whether State or national, are divided into the three grand departments, the executive, the legislative, and the judicial. That the functions appropriate to each of these branches of government shall be vested in a separate body of public servants...
Page 4 - ... (A) When the committee has reported, or has been discharged from further consideration of, a resolution, it shall be at any time thereafter in order (even though a previous motion to the same effect has been disagreed to) to move to proceed to the consideration of the resolution.
Page 4 - House) at any time, in the same manner, and to the same extent as in the case of...
Page 4 - For the purposes of subsection (a) — (1) continuity of session shall be considered as broken only by an adjournment of the Congress sine die ; but (2) in the computation of the sixty-day period there shall be excluded the days on which either House is not in session because of an adjournment of more than three days to a day certain.
Page 256 - Employment Act of 1946". DECLARATION OF POLICY SEC. 2. The Congress hereby declares that it is the continuing policy and responsibility of the Federal Government to use all practicable means consistent with its needs and obligations and other essential considerations of national policy, with the assistance and cooperation of industry, agriculture, labor, and State and local governments, to coordinate and utilize all its plans, functions, and resources for the purpose of creating and maintaining,...
Page 3 - Congress on the same day and shall be delivered to the Clerk of the House of Representatives if the House of Representatives is not in session and to the Secretary of the Senate if the Senate is not in session.
Page 71 - No officer or employee of the United States shall make or authorize an expenditure from or create or authorize an obligation under any appropriation or fund in excess of the amount available therein...