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Brad Sherman: “What about the consequence to our constitutional system when the Executive Branch takes the attitude that Congress…”

On the recordMarch 16, 2015
What about the consequence to our constitutional system when the Executive Branch takes the attitude that Congress doesn't know what it is doing, so we are not going to follow the law?
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Brad Sherman
Democratic · California

Editor's note · Context

Sherman questions the Executive Branch's disregard for Congressional authority.

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