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Chris Murphy: “The president cannot unilaterally suspend government…”

Featuring: Chris Murphy, Democratic | U.S. Senate from Connecticut

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Senator Chris Murphy Criticizes Trump's Federal Funding Freeze and Its Impact on Connecticut

Published | Video Starts at 00:26

Do you believe that the action that the Trump administration is taking here is illegal? It's grossly unconstitutional? It is absolutely clear, based upon prior Supreme Court decisions, that The president cannot unilaterally suspend government programs to impose his own priorities. and his own policy on top of what was passed by Congress. To me, this is inherently corrupt. (00:26–00:43)

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Asserts that the president lacks the authority to unilaterally suspend government programs.

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