Further, either by law or common practice, taxing and appropriating legislation usually originate in the lower or most populous chamber of the legislature. That chamber with smaller districts and in some instances more frequent elections is thought to be closer to the people. The power of the purse, James Madison believed against an executive becoming too powerful.

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进一步，他们借助法律，或者是借助通常由较低层立法机构或者拥有众多民众的立法机构产生的税法、专项经费法行使财权。那些拥有较小的行政区域范围、在某种情况下频繁进行换届选举的立法机构被认为是最接近民众的。詹姆斯•麦迪逊坚守反对部门行政长官拥有过度财权的信条。