The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1920-09-10
HOUSE REPUBLICANS
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Washington, Sept.-In spite of the
veto by the President of the budget
bill at the close of the last session of
Congress, the House has provided for
n change in its own rules which will
effect a coordination in the system
of making expenditures which will
have a salutary effect in bringing
about governmental economy.
A resolution adopted by the Repub-
lican House makes three important
changes, as follows:
II centers in one Committee on APP
preparations. composed of thirty-five
members. the authority to report all
appropriations, and takes from the
Committee on Agriculture, Committee
on Foreign Affairs, Committee on
Indian Affairs, Committee on Militia
ny Affairs, Committee on Naval AZ
fairs, Committee on Post Office and
Post Roads, and the Rivers and Har-
bors Committee, the authority now
vested in those committees to report
appropriations.
II requires that any Senate amend
ment to general appropriation bill
originating IN the House shall be first
submitted to the House for a separate
vote before such amendment be
agreed to by the managers on the
part of the House.
II permits the raising of a pointsof
order at any time on any appropria-
tion item carried in any bill or joint
resolution reported by any commit
tee not having jurisdiction to report
appropriations.
II is at once apparent that the prin-
cipal change in the rules Of the House
is the one centering all approoria-
lions in a single committee. This
change was strongly urged by prac-
tically every person who appeared be-
fore the committee as beins a very
important and necessary step. ii in
the future appropriations are to be
made with intelligence and economy
1t was the intention of the trainers
of the Constitution that Congress. and
Congress alone, should be responsi-
BILE for appropriations of public mon
ey THE Constitution provides:
No money shall be drawn from the
Treasury but in consequence of appro-
priations made by law, and a regu-
lar statement of the accounts on the
receipts and expenditures of all pub
lie money shall be published from
time to time. Cart. 1, sec. . par. ID
Under this plain mandate of the
fundamental law of the land, Con-
gress should be satisfied with the
adoption OF nothing short of the very
best plan that can be devised for
making appropriations out of the
Treasury of the United States The
rules of the House governing its pro-
cedure in this respect have been
changed from time to time.
The Committee on Ways and Means
of the House was created as a select
committee in 1889 with jurisdiction
to report revenue, appropriation, and
banking currency measures. 1t was
made a standing committee in 1902
and continued with that jurisdiction
until 1865, or 76 years. therefore,
that committee had jurisdiction over
all revenue, appropriation and bank
ing and currency legislation.
All appropriations in the beginning
were reported in one bill. The num-
Der of the, regular annual appropria-
ton bills gradually increased until
by 1880 it had reached the present
number of thirteen regular appropria-
ton bills and one or more deficiency
appropriation bills.
The Jurisdiction of the Committee
on Ways and Means was divided in
1865. Up to that time, as has been
stated, it had control over all revenue,
appropriation, and banking and cur
rency bills. In 1866 a Committee on
Appropriations and Committee on
Banking and Currency was created
To the Committee on Appropriations
was given jurisdiction to report the
general appropriation bills and to
the Committee on Banking and Cur
rency, and currency legislation
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