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Ron Johnson: “Past Congresses have given the president any President, a…”

Featuring: Ron Johnson, Republican | U.S. Senate, Wisconsin

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Full Sen. Johnson Interview: 'Congress Is Really Diminished' | Meet The Press | NBC News

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I want to clarify. This is constitutional. You believe it will be upheld in the courts? Do you want the courts to uphold this power? Listen, I regret that Past Congresses have given the president any President, a lot of its, you know, Congress's constitutional authority. it's done it on tariffs, it's done in this case, it's done in many cases. We should have three co equal branches. (05:00–05:07)

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Asserts that past Congresses have transferred significant constitutional authority to the presidency.

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