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White House budget office rebukes watchdog over ‘invasive' probes
The top attorney for the White House Office of Management and Budget on Friday sharply rebuked a congressional watchdog, escalating an ongoing battle over the administration's expansion of unilateral spending powers.
The Government Accountability Office, a federal watchdog that's part of the legislative branch, found this month that the administration broke federal law in canceling spending for a $5 billion electric vehicle program without congressional approval. Gene L. Dodaro, the comptroller general of GAO, has also said during congressional testimony that his office had opened nearly 40 separate investigations into the administration, apparently focused on spending cuts.
