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Shelley Moore Capito: “OMB and the President have greater latitude during a…”

Featuring: Shelley Moore Capito, Republican | U.S. Senate West Virginia

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Capito Joins BloombergTV's Balance of Power to Discuss the Government Shutdown

Published | Video Starts at 05:31

As long as the government is shut down, Does OMV make that decision or should Congress have a say in it? Well, I think that. I think that the OMB and the President have greater latitude during a shutdown to make some cuts. We know that's the direction that the President has been wanting to go by in enlisting DOGE to make some of those cuts. (05:31–05:39)

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Asserts that the Office of Management and Budget and the President can make cuts during a shutdown.

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