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Tim Kaine: “The president is using [the ability to decide who's…”

Featuring: Tim Kaine, Democratic | U.S. Senate from Virginia

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Tim Kaine Reveals That Some Republicans Will 'Be Considering' Voting For His War Powers Resolution

Published | Video Starts at 02:15

How do you think he might vote on that. Mr. I don't like the bill because it. Gives the president the ability to decide who's essential and who's. And what we see is he The president is using [the ability to decide who's essential] in a political, imputative way. We're going to cancel Democratic programs. We're going to send troops to Democratic cities. He would use this discretionary power to punish some and reward others. (02:15–02:19)

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Asserts that the president is politically manipulating the designation of essential employees.

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