The appropriation committees were literally set up because the authorized committees were big spenders. So they set up appropriation committees to control spending. That didn't work. The Budget act didn't work. Simpson Bowles didn't work. The Budget Control act didn't work. It did restrain discretionary spending for a couple years until we weaseled our way around it. So again, we've never had a process to control spending. (06:22–06:27)
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Asserts that Simpson Bowles and the Budget Control Act failed to control spending.
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