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Mark Pocan: “Article 1 of the Constitution gives Congress the power of…”

Featuring: Mark Pocan, Democratic | U.S. House, Wisconsin, District 2

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Maggie Daun Interviews Congressman Mark Pocan on Elon Musk, Donald Trump, and Project 2025

Published | Video Starts at 19:08

I don't know any legislator that I've ever met face to face, even in two dimensions, that's like, you know, what I want to do is give away more of my legislative authority. Yeah. No. Article 1 of the Constitution gives Congress the power of the purse, Congress the power to do tariffs. And we've completely given that up to Donald Trump. So that's already bad enough. But, you know, every member from Wisconsin has not spoke out on the Republican side. (19:08–19:14)

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