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

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

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With Liberty and Justice for Some Ep. 49 with Rep. Rosa DeLauro

Published | Video Starts at 25:02

One last thing I'm going to ask you to explain that I think we never had to talk about until Trump 2, which is this fact of either impounding funds, rescission of funds. In other words, Even though Article 1 of the Constitution gives that power, the power of the purse, to Congress. and we can in a bipartisan way approve funding Donald Trump, they have this theory with Russ Vote that they can steal the funds that we agreed to in a bipartisan way. (25:02–25:06)

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Asserts that the U.S. Constitution grants Congress the power of the purse.

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