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FBaggins

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7. Congress never loses oversight powers
Thu Oct 23, 2025, 07:59 AM
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The problem here is that individual members of Congress lack such power unless Congress creates it (effectively delegating the power)… and in this case that delegation doesn’t exist on its own… it was part of a now-expired piece of legislation.

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