It is the Chairman of the Appropriations Committee that has power over all federal spending. The United States House Committee on Appropriations was created in 1865. As of 2014, the Chairman is Hal Rogers.
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it prevents a single national government from holding all of country's power.
The constitution gace the federal governmwent the power to colletct taxes, to borrow money, to regulate commerce and to raise armies and naives. the national bank helped the federal govenrment ecercise these power. MAarshall oncluded that the " necessary smd proper" clause allowed the federal govenrment to use its powers in any way not sepcifically prhohibeted by the constitution
Appropriations is the most powerful, having jurisdiction over most federal spending. After that in no particular order: Finance (jurisdiction over nearly all revenue, bonded debt, Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security), Armed Services (broad military powers), Judiciary (jurisdiction over administrative law, and holds confirmation hearings for all federal judicial nominees). After that, probably Foreign Relations, followed by whatever committees have jurisdiction over whatever are hot-button issues at that time.
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Technically it is. All forms of power under the federal system are under the authority of the Constitution.