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1953 Washington Report 1 (1953)

handle is hein.tera/wingtore0005 and id is 1 raw text is: 920 Washington Building No. 3 5 Washington 5, D. C. February 18, 1953 WILL TM, 1,EV' CONGRESS APPROVE PROI'OSLS TO L ±PROU jEROCEDUMES _AND FACT LU IES FOR HAN0DLI*'NG BUDGET? One of the major problems confronting the 33d Congress is the recognized necessity for Congress to recapture and exercise annual control over i'ederal expenditurcs. FollowiinF he hearins in September 1951 before the Joint Comidttee on Reo.uction of !'on- essential lederal Expenditures (the Byrd Committee), this issue of controllability has been brought clearly into focus. An important aspect of this problem, CONGRESSI MAIACHITERY in the minds of many, is the improvement IHAS !!OT KEFT PACE of Congressional procedures and facilities for handling the Federal budret, so that control may be exercised intelligently. In the opinion of many experts 1Icmbers of Congress, and the Appropriations Commnittees, are severely handicapped under present conditions in attempting to consider and pass judgment on the huge budget requests of the ex- ecutive branch. Congressional machinery in recent years has not kept pace i,,ith the groing budgets. As a House Rules Coinittee report declared last year: The Federal government has -rov'm so rapidly and has become so enormous and complex that it is impossible for the Congress, particularly in the field of appropriations, to operate efficiently with the same machinery that was set up in the beginning of the Republic. The tools used then are inadequate today. It is im- possible for the Congress to operate in the atomic age .ith ox- cart machinery. This need for strengthening and improving the tools of Congress to do this vital job has not gone unrecognized. During the last Congress a larr-e number of proposals seeking to improve this situation were introduced in both Houses. iany have been reintroduced in the new 83d Congress. Two, in particular, have received sufficient support in recent years to deserve further serious consideration. These are: S.Con.Res. 8, sponsored by 5O members of the Senate; S. 833, introduced under the joint sponsorship of 5 Senators; H .R. 1710, a companion (but not identical) Ilouse measure to S. G33.

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