PLATO - hearings & investigations.
The process by which Congress checks the bureaucracy is called oversight. Through various means, such as hearings, investigations, and budgetary control, Congress exercises its authority to oversee and monitor the activities of the bureaucracy, ensuring accountability and compliance with laws and regulations.
The first specific method of congressional oversight identified by the writer is the ability of Congress "to supply or deny funds based on their perception of the effectiveness of the bureaucracy." The second specific method of congressional oversight identified by the writer is the ability of Congress, through legislation, to control the jurisdiction of the bureaucracy (i.e. How "the bureaucracy performed it s job or what they were entitled to do.")
Control of the bureaucracy through legislative oversight is a matter of exercising the legislative veto and its spending authority.
The president has the ability to check the power of the bureaucracy. He does this by vetoing bills that have made it through congress if he disagrees with them. This keeps congress from passing laws unchecked.
Through appropriation
The federal bureaucracy is huge: roughly 2.6 million employees, plus many freelance contractors. Everybody in the bureaucracy works to administer the law. For the most part, the executive branch manages the federal bureaucracy. Although the executive branch controls the majority of the federal bureaucracy, the legislative and judiciary branches also have some influence. Congress, for example, controls the Library of Congress, the Congressional Research Service, and the Government Accountability Office, among other bureaucracies. Through its power of oversight, Congress also monitors the federal bureaucracy to make sure that it acts properly. The courts sometimes get involved in the bureaucracy when issues of law and constitutionality arise, such as when a civil service regulation is violated or if an agency oversteps its jurisdiction. There are five types of organizations in the federal bureaucracy: Cabinet departments Independent executive agencies Independent regulatory agencies Government corporations Presidential commissions
No, Congress does not have the final say in planning how a war is to be fought. The Constitution grants the power to declare war to Congress, but the president, as commander-in-chief, has the authority to plan and conduct military operations. However, Congress does have oversight powers and can influence war strategy through funding decisions and oversight hearings.
Congressional oversight has failed recently due to partisan politics. Republican congressmen are often hesitant to bring blame to a president from their own politics. In addition, Congressional work has increased substantially. Congressmen now have much more work in keeping up with matters like the budget or the needs of the electorate.
It was difficult to get through all of the bureaucracy to simply get a straight answer. His paperwork had gotten lost in the vast bureaucracy.
Yes.
Congressional oversight refers to the review, monitoring, and supervision of federal agencies, programs, activities, and policy implementation of the Executive branch and other federal agencies.
Congress ensures federal agencies follow legislative intent through allocating and withdrawing funds which the agencies need to operate. The also have Congressional oversight committees which have investigative authority over the agencies.