Woodrow Wilson wrote that the Senate has extremely-broad authority to amend appropriations bills, as distinguished from bills that levy taxes. See Wilson, Woodrow. Congressional Government: A Study in American Politics, pp. 155–156 (Transaction Publishers 2002). Likewise, according to the Library of Congress, the Constitution is the source of the origination requirement for revenue bills, and tradition is the source of the origination requirement for appropriation bills. See Sullivan, John. "How Our Laws Are MadeArchived 2015-10-16 at the Wayback Machine", Library of Congress (accessed August 26, 2013).
Woodrow Wilson wrote that the Senate has extremely-broad authority to amend appropriations bills, as distinguished from bills that levy taxes. See Wilson, Woodrow. Congressional Government: A Study in American Politics, pp. 155–156 (Transaction Publishers 2002). Likewise, according to the Library of Congress, the Constitution is the source of the origination requirement for revenue bills, and tradition is the source of the origination requirement for appropriation bills. See Sullivan, John. "How Our Laws Are MadeArchived 2015-10-16 at the Wayback Machine", Library of Congress (accessed August 26, 2013).
Medina, J. Michael. The Origination Clause in the American Constitution: A Comparative Survey, Tulsa Law Journal, Vol. 23, p. 165 (1987). Madison also wrote in Federalist No. 45 that "the present Congress have as complete authority to REQUIRE of the States indefinite supplies of money for the common defense and general welfare, as the future Congress will have to require them of individual citizens."
Woodrow Wilson wrote that the Senate has extremely-broad authority to amend appropriations bills, as distinguished from bills that levy taxes. See Wilson, Woodrow. Congressional Government: A Study in American Politics, pp. 155–156 (Transaction Publishers 2002). Likewise, according to the Library of Congress, the Constitution is the source of the origination requirement for revenue bills, and tradition is the source of the origination requirement for appropriation bills. See Sullivan, John. "How Our Laws Are MadeArchived 2015-10-16 at the Wayback Machine", Library of Congress (accessed August 26, 2013).