Super Congress?? I wonder who appoints them.
Majority/Minority Leader in each House — the way Boehner explained it, it was no different than any other joint committee of Congress.
(I’m not saying it should be approved — however members of the Appropriations Committees have too much power with respect to other members — maybe that’s unconstitutional too.)
I’ve kicked around an idea that every member of Congress would be on the appropriations committee. So if the budget is $435 billion each House member would get $1 billion to spend on whatever he chooses up to the limit of the program’s authorization. A program with $1 billion spending authority can receive no more than $1 billion in appropriations.
It would have to be matched by an appropriation by a Senator. (Consequently each Senator could spend up to $43.5 billion).
Of course the legislators would have to declare their declarations and defend their decisions.