The power of the purse, how revenue is collected by the government and how it is appropriated, all done by Congress. The, and I think, I mean this is in the, in the very beginning of the Constitution, Pretty smart people feel that what they're trying to do is, is illegal. Some, some of them would say it's, it's blatantly illegal. We at one point held the Senate floor with fellow senators to speak about the dangers of Trump's nominee to lead the office and, and the Office of Management and Budget, Russell Vogt. (06:03–06:08)
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