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John Hickenlooper: “Congress maintains the power of the purse, the…”

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John Hickenlooper Dubs CR The 'Lesser Of Two Very Serious Evils’ As Government Shutdown Looms

Published | Video Starts at 01:39

I mean, at some point, I really do believe that Republicans and Democrats are going to stand up and make sure that Congress maintains the power of the purse, the constitutional obligation and responsibility that we've been given. We shouldn't give up on that. Yeah. And it sounds like if you think that a shutdown would be worse than. The cr, I think that has certainly the potential to be far worse. (01:39–01:52)

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Asserts that Congress has the constitutional responsibility to control government spending.

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