Is Congress Giving Up its Power of the Purse?

Update: 2025-07-23

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This week on Facing the Future, Molly Reynolds of the Brookings Institution talks about the possibility of a government shutdown in the fall and whether the spending power is shifting away from Congress toward the executive branch.

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