To wit:
OMB WATCH - A threat is now building in the House of Representatives: some lawmakers are pushing legislation that would force all federal programs--from Head Start to Even Start; from EPA to OSHA; and from urban development to rural healthcare--to defend themselves before an unelected commission. This one "sunset commission" would make recommendations to kill, consolidate, or "realign" all programs (with rare exception), and would have the power to force its recommendations
through Congress, limiting your representatives' ability to save important programs from the chopping block.
The threat is real. In the scramble for votes to pass the budget, a handful of lawmakers were able to strike a deal with House leaders: in exchange for their votes, they were promised that a bill for sunset commissions would be put to a vote in the coming months. We expect this
vote as early as June.
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