It gave the President new authorities that he didn't have before the CR was passed. What are the new authorities? So for instance, one of them is that The President under the CR can start new military programs in the country that have not been authorized independently by Congress. And of course, but before we. Ooh, Congress just authorized that. So it is authorized. Well, we don't normally give that kind of open ended authorization to the President. (03:13–03:22)
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Asserts that the CR allows the President to start new military programs without independent Congressional authorization.
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