In 1985, the Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Balanced Budget and Emergency Control Act was passed in order to ensure that the federal government submitted goals to meet the deficit. If the goals are not met, then the president must order spending cuts across the entire budget based on the recommendation of the comptroller general, a position appointed by the president. The scenario above describes which of the following powers attributed to Congress?
a. Congressional oversight by reviewing appropriations requests that need to meet certain spending criteria
b. Congressional response to presidential budget cuts based on the comptroller general's recommendations
c. Congressional subcommittees that can review improper relationships between the comptroller and the president
d. Congressional action to block proposed spending cuts to all federal agencies by amending the executive budget to target items from the president's agenda