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Chris Murphy: “The bottom line is the president doesn't have this power. He can't decide to hold aid or put conditions on aid that…”

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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