Impoundment Reporting and Review: Hearings, Ninety-third Congress, First Session, on H.R. 5193 and Related Bills (with Appendix, H.R. 8480, as Amended, with Report) ... |
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... authority . President Nixon has justified much of his impoundment action as necessary to fight inflation . I think we ought to place the blame for this inflation and its skyrocketing food prices where it belongs — at President Nixon's ...
... authority . President Nixon has justified much of his impoundment action as necessary to fight inflation . I think we ought to place the blame for this inflation and its skyrocketing food prices where it belongs — at President Nixon's ...
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... AUTHORITY TO IMPOUND CLAIMED BY PRESIDENT The President has stated that it is absolutely clear that he has the constitutional right to impound funds if he believes that the expendi- ture of such funds would mean a general increase in ...
... AUTHORITY TO IMPOUND CLAIMED BY PRESIDENT The President has stated that it is absolutely clear that he has the constitutional right to impound funds if he believes that the expendi- ture of such funds would mean a general increase in ...
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... AUTHORITY TO IMPOUND By establishing procedures for Congress to review actual Executive impoundment actions , the bill in no way concedes that Presidents have authority for such actions beyond what Congress has explicitly provided in ...
... AUTHORITY TO IMPOUND By establishing procedures for Congress to review actual Executive impoundment actions , the bill in no way concedes that Presidents have authority for such actions beyond what Congress has explicitly provided in ...
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... authority doing this through reg- ular appropriation bills and through bills which mandate spending otherwise , like the " back door " procedure . During that period , in appropriation bills Congress has reduced the appropriations below ...
... authority doing this through reg- ular appropriation bills and through bills which mandate spending otherwise , like the " back door " procedure . During that period , in appropriation bills Congress has reduced the appropriations below ...
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... authority over the programs and the expenditure of funds . That leaves Congress more or less out of the picture . This bill reaffirms the general attitude , in my opinion , of most of the Members of the Congress and most of the people ...
... authority over the programs and the expenditure of funds . That leaves Congress more or less out of the picture . This bill reaffirms the general attitude , in my opinion , of most of the Members of the Congress and most of the people ...
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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 Comptroller concurrent resolution Cong CONGRES CONGRESS THE LIBRARY congressional Constitution Court DANIELSON debt defense DELANEY disapproval economy effect savings enacted executive branch faithfully executed Federal fiscal gentleman going Government gress hearings House House Appropriations Committee impound funds impoundment actions impoundment of funds increase inflation issue LATTA LEGGETT legislation LIBRARY OF CONGRESS limit Mahon bill MATSUNAGA ment obligation passed PEPPER percent PICKLE poundment President Nixon President's priorities problem procedure programs proposal question QUILLEN reduce reserves responsibility Senator ERVIN separation of powers SISK special message specific spending ceiling statement statutory taxes Thank thing tion U.S. Congress veto vote withholding
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