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Angus King: “The Constitution assigns managing foreign trade directly to…”

Featuring: Angus King, Independent | U.S. Senate Maine

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American Conversations: Senator Angus King (I-ME), on Paul Revere's Ride

Published | Video Starts at 07:43

… getting their tax bill through and getting their budget bill through, rather than what's happening to the structure of our government in the process. A perfect example is the tariffs. The Constitution assigns managing foreign trade directly to the Congress, Article 1, Section 8. directly to the Congress. And yet Congress delegated that to the, to the President many years ago to be able to use in an emergency. In an emergency. (07:43–07:51)

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Asserts that the Constitution gives Congress the power to manage foreign trade.

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