Jeff Sessions actually said...

The power of the purse is essentially, Congress has no duty, does it, to fund any program that it believes is inimical to the interest of the constituents they represent?

Context

Sessions questions Congress's obligation to fund programs against constituents' interests.

07/07/2015

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