power of the purse
Example Sentences
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Fundamentally, what makes a legislature powerful is its control over taxing and spending, the power of the purse.
From Slate ● Aug. 4, 2026
Article 1 of the Constitution gives the power of the purse to Congress.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 25, 2025
That is Article I, Section 9—the bedrock of Congress’s power of the purse.
From Barron's ● Oct. 6, 2025
Constitutionally and by custom, Congress has the power of the purse.
From Salon ● Sep. 8, 2025
He chose to fight Claudia with the one weapon he had—the power of the purse.
From "From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler" by E.L. Konigsburg
