Appropriations committees hold a standing veto over policies Congress has already enacted

Evidence

The job of congressional policy-making is split between two sets of committees, legislative (or authorizing) and appropriating. The legislative committees are supposed to set forth policy, and the appropriations committees to authorize the necessary funds, but no such simple division of power exists. For the appropriations committees can deny funds to carry out projects that a legislative committee and a majority of Congress have endorsed. The appropriators have a veto over the authorizers. They have a veto, moreover, which they can exercise at least once a year. — Henry M. Hart, Jr. and Albert M. Sacks, The Legal Process, 2571

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Appropriations acts carry legislative directions beyond mere fund listings — Henry M. Hart, Jr. and Albert M. Sacks, The Legal Process: Basic Problems in…, 2577; Standing committees, not the full chambers, actually make congressional policy — Henry M. Hart, Jr. and Albert M. Sacks, The Legal Process: Basic Problems in…, 4024; Congressional stalemate shifted environmental lawmaking power to appropriations riders. — Richard J. Lazarus, The Making of Environmental Law, 703

Broader Connections

• Congressional stalemate shifted environmental lawmaking power to appropriations riders. #exemplifies (0.85) — Richard J. Lazarus, The Making of Environmental Law, 703
• Standing committees, not the full chambers, actually make congressional policy #corroborates (0.80) — Henry M. Hart, Jr. and Albert M. Sacks, The Legal Process, 4024