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On the recordDecember 2, 2019
The bottom line is the president doesn't have this power. He can't decide to hold aid or put conditions on aid that Congress didn't.
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Chris Murphy
Democratic · Connecticut

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Murphy asserts that the president's actions regarding aid to Lebanon were unconstitutional.

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