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Hillary Clinton: “The Congress has abdicated its responsibility.”

Featuring: Hillary Clinton, Democratic | Former Secretary of State, Former U.S. Senator, Former First Lady | National

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Published | Video Starts at 21:20

So there were norms, there were rules. There were, you know, both legal and kind of moral education. I'm sure you get asked this all the time, where is Congress today? Well, The Congress has abdicated its responsibility. And it's very sad to me because no president likes to be questioned by the Congress. I don't care what party you are. But that's part of the way our system was set up. (21:20–21:23)

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Asserts that Congress is not fulfilling its constitutional role as a check on executive power.

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