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Congressional oversight is oversight by the
United States Congress over the
Executive Branch, including the numerous
U.S. federal agencies. Congressional oversight includes the review,
monitoring, and supervision of federal agencies, programs, activities, and
policy implementation.[1]
Congress exercises this power largely through its
congressional committee system. Oversight also occurs in a wide variety of
congressional activities and contexts. These include authorization,
appropriations, investigative, and
legislative hearings by standing committees; specialized investigations by
select committees; and reviews and studies by congressional support agencies and
staff.
Congress’s oversight authority derives from its “implied” powers in the
Constitution, public laws, and House and Senate rules.
Congressional oversight is an integral part of
the American system of
checks and balances.
Oversight also derives from the many and varied express powers of the Congress
in the Constitution. It is implied in the legislature's authority, among other
powers and duties, to appropriate funds, enact laws, raise and support armies,
provide for a Navy, declare war, and impeach and remove from office the
President, Vice President, and other civil officers. Congress could not
reasonably or responsibly exercise these powers without knowing what the
executive was doing; how programs were being administered, by whom, and at what
cost; and whether officials were obeying the law and complying with legislative
intent.
The
Supreme Court of the United States has confirmed the oversight powers of
Congress, subject to constitutional safeguards for civil liberties, on several
occasions. In 1927, for instance, the Court found that in investigating the
administration of the
Justice Department, Congress had the authority to consider a subject "on
which legislation could be had or would be materially aided by the information
which the investigation was calculated to elicit".[4]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Congressional_oversight
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May 26: The
President of the United States is erratic, illiterate, and doesn’t want to
know what he doesn’t know. The President has alienated former allies, befriended
or courted murderous dictators, and has repeatedly brought the country to the
brink of nuclear confrontation. The President lies constantly, knows that he is
lying, and demands that Administration officials lie for him, and often they do.
The President has waged war on the institutions of government, overseeing the
gutting of the State Department and the destruction of other federal agencies by
their own leaders, and effectively shut off media access to the Pentagon, the
State Department, and the White House. The President has acted to thwart
oversight of the Administration by other branches of government. The President
has never made a secret of despising the government itself: he has called it a
“swamp” and gleefully shut it down for thirty-five days, during a temper
tantrum. The President has not only failed to divest himself of his businesses
but has installed his children in and near the White House, openly using his
office for personal financial gain. The President has debased political culture
and language, using his bully pulpit to spew lies, hate, and personal insults
https://www.newyorker.com/news/our-columnists/how-nancy-pelosis-tactics-affirm-the-trumpian-style-of-politics
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