Congress should rein in bureaucracy, not abandon oversight

Published June 27, 2011 4:00am ET



The Senate is expected to vote Wednesday on the Presidential Appointment Efficiency and Streamlining Act (S. 679). This terrible bill will likely pass, then stall in the U.S. House and die. But before you breathe a sigh of relief, consider first the danger posed by a Senate that seems hell-bent on sacrificing its own constitutional powers and outsourcing them to an increasingly powerful executive branch.

 

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