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Richard Neal: “Congress has the ability to impose a tax, not a president.”

Featuring: Richard Neal, Democratic | U.S. House Massachusetts, 1st Congressional District

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Getting Answers Extra: Feb. 11

Published | Video Starts at 01:22

I went over to the Supreme Court, listen to the oral arguments and attempting to find out if there was a trend there seemed to align with the notion that Congress has the ability to impose a tax, not a president. Any idea when a decision could be reached by the Supreme Court? Well, I anticipated that would have been in the last couple of weeks. That has not happened. (01:22–01:26)

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Asserts that the power to impose taxes lies with Congress, not the President.

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