Reducing and controlling spending is perhaps the most daunting policy challenge facing the federal government. This challenge is exacerbated by the continued malfeasance of the Biden Administration, which stretches statutes far beyond their text and purpose and expects that a divided Congress will be unable or unwilling to push back. While a future Administration can reverse course and undo some of the damage, the only lasting solutions to the problems cited in this Backgrounder will come from the legislative branch. A failure by Congress to take action and hold the Biden Administration accountable would encourage further excesses by future occupants of the Oval Office, which the nation’s treasury cannot afford.