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John Hickenlooper: “Judges on all but maybe a couple of cases, but on almost…”

Featuring: John Hickenlooper, Democratic | U.S. Senate from Colorado

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Interview with Senator John Hickenlooper on Trump's Policies and Democratic Strategies

Published | Video Starts at 10:33

But my feeling and my understanding is we are litigating every single instance where they try to claw back money that had already been appropriated. And to the best of my knowledge, Judges on all but maybe a couple of cases, but on almost every case, judges have sided with us in that sense that, no, the executive office cannot reclaim money that has already been appropriated by Congress. And again, that's. We'll see once the dust settles. But if we, if we're able to successfully pull that off, then that money that's reclaimed, we want to make sure … (10:33–10:51)

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Asserts that judges have mostly ruled against the executive office reclaiming appropriated money.

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