On the recordDecember 14, 2009
If it can't restrain itself, then somebody has to. That tends to be the executive branch.
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Evan Bayh
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transcripts.cnn.comEvan Bayh: “If it can't restrain itself, then somebody has to. That tends to be the executive branch.”
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Evan Bayh suggests that if Congress cannot control its spending, the executive branch must intervene.
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