The two major tools used are new legislation that can expand or curtail the powers and oversight of the agencies and the power of the purse. Cutting or expanding funding to the agencies can give them leeway to do more or can severely limit what the agencies are a
<span>The two major tools used are new legislation that can expand or curtail the powers and oversight of the agencies and the power of the purse. Cutting or expanding funding to the agencies can give them leeway to do more or can severely limit what the agencies are able to accomplish.</span>
Because even though we had one of the strongest armies in the world, the USSR had about the same amount of power and everyone realized we both could take each other out, but we would have to suffer consequences
This was one of the greatest weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation. Since all amendmdents had to be approved by every state, very few changes were made to America's first constitution. This inability to create new amendments and laws resulted in the delegates at the Constitutional Convention getting rid of the Articles of Confederation completely and creating a brand new US Constitution.