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Phil Weiser: “Ultimately, we do need Congress to do its job, and we need…”

Featuring: Phil Weiser, Democratic | Attorney General of Colorado

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Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser Challenges Trump Administration's Cuts to AmeriCorps

Published | Video Starts at 04:18

With one branch of government essentially ceding some of its power to another. Is that affecting your legal strategy here? Ultimately, we do need Congress to do its job, and we need people of both parties in Congress to show a commitment to protect the Constitution. to, to rein in a presidency that, as you put it well, is overreaching, taking on responsibilities the Constitution does not give the president. (04:18–04:27)

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Asserts that Congress needs to protect the Constitution and check presidential overreach.

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