Taxpayers for Common Sense joined a coalition letter in support of National Emergencies Act (NEA) reform.

NEA misuse and abuse puts all Americans – and their tax dollars – at risk. While true emergencies may justify the use of emergency powers, there is a significant risk that the NEA could become a substitute for rigorous, regular order in Congress, deployed as a means to abrogate the legislative branch’s constitutional power over the nation’s purse strings or to greatly expand the size and scope of the executive branch.

Our letter was mentioned by Subcommittee Chairman Cohen during the May 17 House Committee on the Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties hearing, “Examining Potential Reforms of Emergency Powers.”

Read the letter below or download it here.