They're a co. Equal branch of government. And I'm going to have to move on from this because why do I know this? We literally did the same thing. There was a rescissions package, which nobody remembers. Why? Because we quietly, with Dick Shelby and others appropriators, all said, nah, we hold the purse strings here. we write the laws that determine appropriations. We're not going to do this thing on a bipartisan basis, enact a spending plan, and then come in on a partisan basis … (06:14–06:30)
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Asserts that a previous rescissions package was rejected by appropriators asserting legislative control over spending.
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