With its oversight powers, Congress monitors the activities of the executive branch. As you review the Congressional
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With its oversight powers, Congress monitors the activities of the executive branch. As you review the Congressional Reseach Service (CRS) Report, discuss whether you agree with the rationale for legislative oversight, and assess whether you believe agency response to oversight leads to the creation of an even larger bureaucracy. Considering the evolution of regulatory agencies, discuss how you believe the founding fathers would react to the size and scope of regulatory agencies? Did they intend for regulatory agencies to have executive, legislative, and judicial authority? Do regulatory agencies have too much power? If you believe this to be the case, what changes could be made to lessen agency power? If you disagree, why is it necessary for so much power to be concentrated in regulatory agency hands?