What did the Brownlow Committee unanimously recommend in 1936?
a. The president’s power should be reduced to give Congress greater oversight over the bureaucracy.
b. The president’s power should be enhanced to give the president greater authority as manager of the
bureaucracy.
c.
The president’s power should remain the same and a special cabinet position should be created to
manage the bureaucracy and report to the president.
d.
The bureaucracy should be reduced so that substantive policy changes would not have to be made
during a time of economic crisis.
e.
Congressional power and presidential power over the bureaucracy should be equal so that the
president can use his time to focus on important issues rather than details.
ANS: B
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