As members of Congress continue their deliberations over the national debt crisis, a bipartisan group of lawmakers are renewing their efforts to cut down on “wasteful” government spending.
Legislation passed by the Senate in December aims to address the problem by requiring federal agencies to provide Congress with a list of programs for potential consolidation or elimination—specifically those that are deemed “unnecessary, defunct, or unnecessarily duplicative,” could be administered more effectively by another agency, or could operate more effectively if consolidated with other programs or activities.
