[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 1 (Wednesday, January 5, 2011)]
[House]
[Page H47]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

           By Mr. WILSON of South Carolina:
       H.R. 187.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 9, Clause 7 which states that no money 
     shall be drawn from the Treasury, but in Consequence of 
     Appropriations made by Law; and a regular Statement and 
     Account of the Receipts and Expenditures of all public Money 
     shall be published from time to time. The Appropriations 
     Clause provides Congress with a mechanism to control or to 
     limit spending by the federal government.