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Agencies are not beholden to Congress; they are beholden to the executive branch that creates them. That is why Nixon created the EPA so that there would not b
by backtoyoujim 2y ago
Agencies are not beholden to Congress; they are beholden to the executive branch that creates them.
That is why Nixon created the EPA so that there would not be a Department of the Environment that was out of the hands of executive power.
- pseudalopex 2y agoCongress created the FCC. Congress passed many laws governing agencies. Departments are not out of the hands of executive power.
- rascul 2y ago> Nixon created the EPA Only because Congress allowed it. https://www.epa.gov/history/origins-epa https://www.epa.gov/history/origins-epa
- rsanek 2y agohttps://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Congressional_Review_Act https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Congressional_Review_Act
- adrr 2y agoCongress creates and funds agencies. Agencies write the regulations. This is all specified in the law that was passed. FCC commission makeup is defined by law and their authority is defined by law.
- sabarn01 2y agoCongress has the legislative power all agencies derive their power from some act of congress.