ICYMI: Congress Has the Power of the Purse. It Just Doesn’t Use It

ICYMI: Congress has the power of the purse. It just doesn’t use it

ARLINGTON, VA—Congress has the constitutional power of the purse — but too often, it treats budgeting like an afterthought. In a new op-ed published by Washington Examiner, Rep. Jeff Hurd who represents Colorado’s 3rd congressional district and cosponsored the Comprehensive Congressional Budget Act of 2026 and Will Burger, Senior Federal Affairs Liaison at Americans for Prosperity, warn that decades of delay tactics, crisis legislating, and auto…

Congress Has the Power of the Purse — It Just Doesn’t Use It

Congress has the constitutional power of the purse — but too often, it treats budgeting like an afterthought. In a new op-ed published by Washington Examiner, Rep. Jeff Hurd who represents Colorado’s 3rd congressional district and cosponsored the Comprehensive Congressional Budget Act of 2026 and Will Burger, Senior Federal Affairs Liaison at Americans for Prosperity, warn that decades of delay tactics, crisis legislating, and autopilot spending…