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Get Congress Back to Legislating, Not Just Budgeting
Yuval Levin, an expert on the budget process, explains how a congressional power grab in the '70s led to paralysis today.
"The power of the purse" wasn't supposed to be the only power.
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Whatever you want the government to do, or stop doing, or do differently, it all comes down to the budget. It's the key to how your government works.
Or doesn't. The modern budget process is now just as dysfunctional as the rest of our government. Who better to explore why than Yuval Levin? A former staffer for the House Budget Committee and the House leadership, he is now the editor of National Affairs and a fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Center. I sat down with him to talk about what’s happened to the budget process, and what we can do about it.