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If you are going to lift language verbatim from a website, you probably should at least footnote it, or better put it into quotation marks. The budget committee may have one view of "backdoor spending authority", the appropriations committee a second view, the authorization committee a third view, and of course, the executive branch a fourth view. If spending authority is included in an authorization bill, the sponsors of the provision (as well as the executive branch) would not consider it to be a "backdoor" item.  How "backdoor" could it be if the Congress votes to approve it and the President signs it?  The only people who are bypassed are the appropriations committee staff. [[User:Wschact|Wschact]] 17:59, 10 January 2013 (EST)

If you are going to lift language verbatim from a website, you probably should at least footnote it, or better put it into quotation marks. The budget committee may have one view of "backdoor spending authority", the appropriations committee a second view, the authorization committee a third view, and of course, the executive branch a fourth view. If spending authority is included in an authorization bill, the sponsors of the provision (as well as the executive branch) would not consider it to be a "backdoor" item.  How "backdoor" could it be if the Congress votes to approve it and the President signs it?  The only people who are bypassed are the appropriations committee staff. [[User:Wschact|Wschact]] 17:59, 10 January 2013 (EST)

:The cite is to the former Democratic Chairwoman of the House Rules Committee own definition of Backdoor authority. The Rules Committee has the final say over what is voted upon on floor, be it an appropriation bill or continuing resolution. This is a pretty authoritative source.  [[User:OscarO|OscarO]] 20:01, 10 January 2013 (EST)

:The cite is to the former Democratic Chairwoman of the House Rules Committee's own definition of Backdoor authority. The Rules Committee has the final say over what is voted upon on floor, be it an appropriation bill or continuing resolution. This is a pretty authoritative source.  [[User:OscarO|OscarO]] 20:01, 10 January 2013 (EST)