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<blockquote data-quote="Babagounj" data-source="post: 6090876" data-attributes="member: 12952">[URL unfurl=&quot;true&quot;]https://www.realclearinvestigations.com/articles/2025/03/25/might_of_the_living_feds_1099569.html[/URL]Zombie programs means agencies created but never reauthorized by Congress to continue functioning.Legal Services Corporation has $560 million <a href="https://lsc-live.app.box.com/s/oi1atcgn8xmvofc70aildz3bhg5p0zn5" target="_blank">annual budget</a> while it was set to expire in 1980.The Federal Election Commission, for example, was expected to spend <a href="https://www.cbo.gov/publication/60871" target="_blank">$9.4 million</a> per year before its authorization expired in 1981. Yet the agency continued to receive funding and spent $95 million in 2024, auditors at government watchdog <a href="https://www.openthebooks.com/doge/federal-election-commission/" target="_blank">Open The Books</a> found.The Federal Communications Commission was originally allocated $339.6 million per year. Its funding authorization expired in 2020, yet it spent <a href="https://www.openthebooks.com/doge/federal-communications-commission/" target="_blank">$28.4 billion</a> last year.The Foreign Relations Authorization Act, for example, expired in 2003. Yet in 2024, Congress spent $38.4 billion.Another Zombie, the U.S. African Development Foundation – whose authorization expired in 1987 – made headlines earlier this month when its officials <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/07/politics/us-african-development-agency-standoff/index.html" target="_blank">blocked</a> DOGE staff from entering their offices in Washington.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Babagounj, post: 6090876, member: 12952"] [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.realclearinvestigations.com/articles/2025/03/25/might_of_the_living_feds_1099569.html[/URL] Zombie programs means agencies created but never reauthorized by Congress to continue functioning. Legal Services Corporation has $560 million [URL='https://lsc-live.app.box.com/s/oi1atcgn8xmvofc70aildz3bhg5p0zn5']annual budget[/URL] while it was set to expire in 1980. The Federal Election Commission, for example, was expected to spend [URL='https://www.cbo.gov/publication/60871']$9.4 million[/URL] per year before its authorization expired in 1981. Yet the agency continued to receive funding and spent $95 million in 2024, auditors at government watchdog [URL='https://www.openthebooks.com/doge/federal-election-commission/']Open The Books[/URL] found. The Federal Communications Commission was originally allocated $339.6 million per year. Its funding authorization expired in 2020, yet it spent [URL='https://www.openthebooks.com/doge/federal-communications-commission/']$28.4 billion[/URL] last year. The Foreign Relations Authorization Act, for example, expired in 2003. Yet in 2024, Congress spent $38.4 billion. Another Zombie, the U.S. African Development Foundation – whose authorization expired in 1987 – made headlines earlier this month when its officials [URL='https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/07/politics/us-african-development-agency-standoff/index.html']blocked[/URL] DOGE staff from entering their offices in Washington. [/QUOTE]

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