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Congress should stop unchecked, unmonitored ‘backdoor’ spending

By Quin Hillyer
Published December 16, 2018 3:00pm ET
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Congress should stop unchecked, unmonitored ‘backdoor’ spending
Members Congress clinb the steps of the House of Representatives for final votes, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, July 31, 2014. Congress ran full-tilt into election-year gridlock over immigration Thursday and staggered toward a five-week summer break with no agreement in sight on legislation to cope with the influx of young immigrants flocking illegally to the United States. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) | (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Analysts often speak figuratively about “out of control” federal spending, but a House subcommittee hearing this week showed that most federal spending quite literally is out of control.

As in, Congress doesn’t directly control it at all.

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