Making Permanent Cuts in Existing Agencies Is Often Difficult Because

question 79

Multiple Choice

Making permanent cuts in existing agencies is often difficult because

• A) most agencies have a supportive constituency that will fight to reinstate any cuts that are made.
• B) the Constitution prevents cuts to federal agencies lasting longer than five years.
• C) every permanent cut to a federal agency must be reviewed by the Supreme Court before it can be put into effect.
• D) federal law requires that the government cut every agency equally.
• E) the vast majority of agencies have been given permanent "budgetary immunity" from the president that protects them from cuts.

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