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Zoe Lofgren: Could that not have the impact, Mr. Gerhardt, of really changing the balance of power between Congress and the…

On the recordJune 21, 2016
Could that not have the impact, Mr. Gerhardt, of really changing the balance of power between Congress and the executive, so that the executive would become less able to act, and really be a departure for the last couple hundred years of our history?
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Zoe Lofgren
Democratic · California

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Lofgren questions the implications of radical impeachment on government balance.

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