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Spending for the general welfare?
Scope of the Power
[P. 164, add new paragraph at end of section:]

As with its other powers, Congress may enact legislation necessary and proper to effectuate its purposes and spending. It a crime who administer programs that receive federal funds, the Court declared that Congress has authority to see to it that taxpayer dollars are in fact spent for the general welfare, and not frittered away in graft or on projects undermined when funds are siphoned off or corrupt public officers are derelict about demanding value for dollars. Money is fungible, bribed officials are untrustworthy stewards of federal funds, and corrupt officials do not deliver dollar-for-dollar value.
[P. 165, add to n.603:]
This is not to say that Congress may police the effectiveness of its spending only
by means of attaching conditions to grants; Congress may also rely on criminal
sanctions to penalize graft and corruption that may impede its purposes in spending
programs. Sabri v. United States, 541 U.S. 600 (2004).
The Constitution of USA

John Smith