Because Nancy’s setting up a new Committee to follow the money:

Speaker-designate [Sweet! 23 days …] Nancy Pelosi said Thursday that she will create a new congressional panel to examine the administration’s intelligence budget and to make sure the money is being spent properly.

The Select Intelligence Oversight Panel proposed by Pelosi would be made up by members of the Appropriations Committee and the Select Committee on Intelligence, and would work within the Appropriations Committee.

Pelosi, D-Calif., also said that one of the first tasks of the Democratic-controlled House she will lead beginning in January will be approving the recommendations of the 9/11 Commission, including taking steps to make intelligence decisions more transparent.

And the power is where the money is. David Obey is the chair of the Appropriations Committee.

Go, Nancy, go!