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Mark Pocan: “The seven-week paid vacation the Republicans just had from…”

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

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Published | Video Starts at 24:31

And two, we're not standing up through again those constitutional provisions that give Congress the power to do more. And the fact that we're not doing that as a Congress weakens Congress. I mean, in fact, I would argue The seven-week paid vacation the Republicans just had from being in Washington was what Donald Trump wanted. Because he's trying to prove Congress doesn't matter. It's him and him alone that matters. And Mike Johnson was just a complicit partner in allowing that to happen. (24:31–24:40)

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Asserts that Trump's influence led to a seven-week recess for Republicans.

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