Key facts
- Democrats in the incoming majority plan strict new limits on White House budget powers, according to the report.
- The incoming majority is also planning aggressive oversight of the White House budget director, the report said.
- The report says the budget director appears to be working to install an ally to monitor the budget office's handling of federal spending.
Democrats in the incoming congressional majority are preparing strict new limits on the White House's budget powers, according to a report that did not date the plans or name the lawmakers involved.
The same report says the incoming majority is also planning aggressive oversight of the White House budget director, who it says appears to be working to install an ally to monitor the budget office's handling of federal spending.
The report names no legislation, no committee and no figure, and gives no date for any step. It does not say whether the plans have been adopted by Democratic leaders.