The power of the House Appropriations Committee over agency budgets has recently diminished, in part because of ______.
I think it's B. Can you please confirm?
A. an increase in marking-up practices by other House committees
B. the large amount of Congress’s time taken up with trying to keep spending down
C. the 1983 Supreme Court ruling on the legislative vetoc.
a decline in the use of trust funds by Congressd.
D. an increase in legislative inducements to restrict spending on entitlement programs