Number	18170
Subject	Federal Government
Source	National Journal
State	DC
Year	1999
Publication Date	March 13
Summary	The National Journal reports on how and why billions of dollars get spent on unauthorized government programs each year. Legislation governing the operations of many federal programs including the Justice Department, Energy Department and the National Endowment for the Arts expired years ago and has not been reauthorized. It is much easier to keep funding these programs than to reauthorize them.
Category	General
Pages	5
Keywords	congressional oversight;apporpriations;congressional commiteees
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