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Ron Johnson: “Speaker Boehner is trying to establish something called…”

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

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Senator Johnson on CSPAN's Morning Journal

Published | Video Starts at 12:10

You do have to show personal harm in these lawsuits. When it comes to the lawsuit that Speaker Boehner said he's going to file, where's the personal harm? Well, Speaker Boehner is trying to establish something called legislative standing. And there's a couple legal experts that have basically posited this theory that at some point in time, Congress does have should have the power to challenge that. (12:10–12:15)

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