Who controls the bureaucracy (Congress, the President, or both)? In your answer, you should discuss the powers the president hasover the bureaucracy, as well as thepowers Congress hasover the bureaucracy. Further, why would political actors ever choose to have less control over a bureaucratic actor?

Congress

The president Nominate people to be appointed to a department and also Remove people from departments

The congress can shape the direction of the administration

Political actor will want to give directives to an agency of what it needs to accomplish

Explanation:

Bureaucracy is a system of government in which most of the important decisions are taken by state officials rather than by elected representatives.

Although the executive branch controls the majority of the federal bureaucracy, the legislative and judiciary branches also have some influence. Congress, for example, controls the Library of Congress, the Congressional Research Service, and the Government Accountability Office, among other bureaucracies.

The president influences control over the bureaucracy by: appointing agency directors and subheads (with Senate approval) issuing executive orders compelling an agency to do/not do something. So, indirectly he has influence and power over bureaucracy, since he appoints the executives there.

The congress power and influence

congress:

-hearings and investigations

-mandatory reports

-legislative vetoes

-committee and conference reports

-limitation riders (forbid agencies to spend any of the money appropriated on activities specified by Congress in the rider)

-inspectors general (audit agency books and investigate activities on Congress's.

bureaucratic agencies have no real way of showing they will succeed or fail

-president and congress's power on bureaucracy prevent reform because

-without red tape, bureaucrats ma go astray because of the decrease in government regulations, rules, and paperwork

The president Nominate people to be appointed to a department and also Remove people from departments

The congress can shape the direction of the administration

Political actor will want to give directives to an agency of what it needs to accomplish

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