During postwar business declines, Congress has sometimes legislated emergency spending measures, such as temporary increases in public works expenditures, as additional means of offsetting cutbacks in private spending and preventing unemployment.

• 战后经济衰退时期，国会有时采取紧急支出措施，如暂时增加公共服务开支，以此作为抵消私人支出的减少和防止失业的补充手段。