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Mark Pocan: “Mike Johnson has given up our status as a co. Equal branch…”

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

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With Liberty and Justice for Some Episode 45 featuring Alex Main

Published | Video Starts at 19:20

And you know, obviously if, if they can't be bound, if they can't be contained by Congress, then who's, who's going to keep them from going, going further with this? That's, it's extremely concerning. And as we know, Mike Johnson has given up our status as a co. Equal branch of government. We're a byproduct of the executive branch is how he operates. The interesting thing is Republican members are getting a little tired of that attitude. (19:20–19:25)

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Asserts that Mike Johnson has relinquished Congress's status as a co-equal branch of government.

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