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Ron Johnson: “This President is out of control in terms of extra…”

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

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Senator Johnson on C-SPAN's Washington Journal

Published | Video Starts at 06:03

And yet that's exactly what President Obama is doing dozens of times, not only with the Affordable Care act, but basically trying to enact his cap and trade policies, even though Congress refuses to do so. So This President is out of control in terms of extra constitutional types of actions he's taken. And this, this case is really meant, hopefully can be a landmark case to highlight and bring back into balance our checks and balances here with the three branches of government. (06:03–06:10)

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Asserts that President Obama is taking actions beyond constitutional limits.

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