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The "power of the purse" ---congress can withhold funds from any sector of the bureaucracy which is why the agencies try so hard to influence Congress.

In fact, Congress has the power to abolish government agencies and department and eliminate jobs filled by bureaucrats.

( They don't because government workers are also voters and campaigners and there as now so many of them that they can swing elections. Congressmen want to keep their jobs as much as the bureaucrats want to keep theirs. )

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Funding.

Congress gives money to the bureaucracy. Right now, a major issue is how much money should go to the EPA.

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The major power congress has over the bureaucracy is the Power of the purse.

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