When asked if he could reassure appropriators that he would abide by bipartisan spending agreements, he simply said he would not. I really do worry that We are witnessing and participating in the demise of the appropriations process. We are still in possession of the power of the purse as a matter of constitutional law, but if we don't exercise it, then we don't have it. (00:45–00:53)
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Asserts that the appropriations process is deteriorating.
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