Before any money for discretionary spending in the US budget can be used, it must be approved by the:
A. Rules Committee
B. Finance Committee
C. Budget Committee
D. Appropriations Committee
E. Energy and Commerce Committee
Answer: D. Appropriations Committee
The appropriations committee legislates bills that authorize actual spending from the US budget. As such, it is probably the most powerful committee in Congress. The budget committee formulates a budget, but does not authorize spending.
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In 1998, the year of the Monica Lewinsky scandal, it was the first time since 1934 that
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