Consumers Digest

Congress normally tries to control the bureaucracy in all of the following ways except?

A. Budget appropriations B. Confirmation of personnel C. Firing Civil Servants D. Conducting hearings and investigations E. Rebuking agency heads and personnel through press conferences and special reports

Public Comments

1. none of the above. the ones that are smart listen to the public. The ones that don't listen are out the next term.
2. Actually the question is bogus because the congress hasn't tried to control the bureaucracy for decades. And it has no constitutional power to do so. It has check and balance power on the "EXECUTIVE Branch." Congress has it's own bureaucracy too. But (c) it has no constitutional power to fire civil servants.
3. C.