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> Instead, they consistently cede their legislative authority to bureaucrats by creating office after office of unelected regulators who generate reams of rules with the power of law but with no democratic oversight.

The irony of saying that in a thread about the NSF getting gutted is palpable.


That's clearly not accurate. Congress has passed continuing resolutions in some years but they've also passed budgets. E.g in 2024, they passed this: https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/4366 .




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