No. We say Congress shall enforce and Congress shall implement. But we have not in terms of equity. In terms of taxation, the courts may get into a school case. There is only one case where the courts have imposed taxes on people, as far as I know, in the history of our country and that is the Jenkins case. In the Jenkins case the law is silent. They moved into an area where there was no law. Here we are going to, I assume--and Senator Hatch and I certainly are in agreement on this, and I am sure Senator Johnston would be--make clear, very explicitly, this is our jurisdiction. And in terms of enforcement, because that is the problem, then, when we say we cannot increase the debt limit without a 60-percent vote, that is very tough enforcement, as Attorney General Barr testified.
Lateefah Simon: “No. We say Congress shall enforce and Congress shall implement. But we have not in terms of equity. In terms of…”
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Discussing congressional jurisdiction and enforcement related to taxation and debt limits.
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