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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Leticia Lynch

17 August, 08:24

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)