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Tammy Baldwin: “Congress writes the budgets, Congress passes appropriation…”

Featuring: Tammy Baldwin, Democratic | U.S. Senate, Wisconsin

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Senators Tammy Baldwin & Patty Murray Answer Google Questions on Republicans' Gov't Shutdown

Published | Video Starts at 01:06

So we decide how much each of those accounts will have and then appropriate the dollars to them. Yeah. So the appropriations process is called for in the Constitution. Congress writes the budgets, Congress passes appropriation bills, and it's supposed to be the President who implements what we do. which. Is what the problem is right now. That's exactly right. This president has decided he doesn't care what Congress does. The Constitution says it's up to Congress. Why? (01:06–01:15)

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Asserts that Congress is responsible for writing budgets and passing appropriation bills, while the President implements them.

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