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Mark Pocan: “The president's doing rescissions and Congress is giving up…”

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

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What Rep. Mark Pocan Says Is Really Driving Prices — And What Congress Must Do

Published | Video Starts at 08:54

No, we're not in charge. They got to figure this out. They have not come for our votes. They should be coming and asking and giving something. But the problem is because The president's doing rescissions and Congress is giving up our Article 1 constitutional responsibility of power of the purse. and the President's Stealing money through rescissions that Congress has approved, legally approved. We can't trust them on very much. So this is going to be a shutdown. (08:54–09:02)

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Asserts that the president is doing rescissions and Congress is relinquishing its fiscal responsibilities.

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