1.   Before these committees existed, Congress had no way to evaluate the budget priorities given by the executive branch.

2.   Congress and the executive branch are often too immobilized by internal problems of political survival to take action on great national questions.

3.   Critics say the law upsets the balance of power by delegating legislative authority to the executive branch.

4.   In most Western democracies in the twentieth century, legislatures have lost a great deal of ground to executive branches.

5.   Legislatures are ineffectual, and real power is concentrated in the executive branch of government.

6.   The main reason for this growth was that Congress no longer trusted the executive branch to provide it with accurate information.

7.   They were subject to transfer, but the executive branch was unable to interfere with specific Decisions.

8.   The matter should be resolved by the executive branch of government.

9.   In the U.S., the President is the head of the executive branch of government.