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Which Is the Powerful Political Weapon That Congressional Committees and Subcommittees

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Which is the powerful political weapon that congressional committees and subcommittees are well-suited to using as a means of controlling bureaucratic agencies, given their focus on areas roughly parallel to one or more executive departments or agencies?


A) The power to recommend confirmation or rejection of presidential appointees
B) The power of the purse-that is, spending or appropriations power
C) Oversight through committee or subcommittee hearings
D) Oversight through investigations of the Government Accountability Office (GAO)

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