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Bernie Sanders: “Congress, under the Constitution, has the power of the…”

Featuring: Bernie Sanders, Independent | U.S. Senate, Vermont

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Published | Video Starts at 48:42

It's not do as I want or I'm going to investigate you. But it is not just the media that he is going after. He's going after the constitutional responsibilities of Congress. Congress, under the Constitution, has the power of the purse. And every day he is challenging that, slashing funding without authority that only Congress can do, trying to wipe out agencies that Congress has created and only Congress can eliminate. But it's not only, it's not only the media and Congress that he is going after. The third branch of government is the judiciary. (48:42–49:05)

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Asserts that Trump is overstepping constitutional boundaries regarding budgetary powers.

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