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18 February, 06:20

Is Congress effective in exercising legislative oversight of the federal bureaucracy? Support you answer by doing ONE of the following: • Explain two specific methods Congress uses to exercise effective oversight of the federal bureaucracy. OR • Give two specific explanations for the failure of Congress to exercise effective oversight of the federal bureaucracy.

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    Yes Congress is effective in exercising legislative oversight of the federal bureaucracy ... Budget Control - Congress has the authority of supplying or denying funds to agencies based on Congress's perception of the effectiveness and efficiency of that agency.

    Explanation:

    No electoral payoff / Political ramifications

    · Oversight is labor intensive / hard work

    · Lack of technical expertise

    · Logrolling

    · Lack of budget control

    · Enabling legislation is vague

    · Interest groups / PACs encourage members to overlook effective

    administration

    · Failure to "use" available powers or ineffective use of them

    · Iron triangles/cozy relationship with agencies

    · Bureaucratic pathologies (for example, Congress creates opportunities

    for casework through red tape; firing administrators is difficult)
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