Bipartisan Push Seeks to Revive Hill Oversight, Starting With Budget Boost for GAO

Bipartisan Push Seeks to Revive Hill Oversight, Starting With Budget Boost for GAO
Sen. Richard Shelby (R-Ala.) on Capitol Hill in Washington on Sept. 24, 2020. Toni L. Sandys/The Washington Post via AP
Mark Tapscott
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Support is quietly growing across the ideological spectrum on Capitol Hill for measures intended to toughen congressional oversight muscles that have been allowed to atrophy for several decades under majorities of both political parties.

The first beneficiary of the gathering push could be the Government Accounting Office (GAO), the investigative arm of Congress, which has repeatedly requested more resources in recent years, only to be rejected by lawmakers.

Mark Tapscott
Mark Tapscott
Senior Congressional Correspondent
Mark Tapscott is an award-winning senior Congressional correspondent for The Epoch Times. He covers Congress, national politics, and policy. Mr. Tapscott previously worked for Washington Times, Washington Examiner, Montgomery Journal, and Daily Caller News Foundation.
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