Bill Nelson: “this Senator would like for the Senator from West Virginia to clarify, since the Senator from South Carolina has pointed…”

“this Senator would like for the Senator from West Virginia to clarify, since the Senator from South Carolina has pointed out that we are talking about an annual deficit not close to $500 billion but now it might be approaching a $700 billion annual deficit, is that not all the more the responsibility of the Senate, which is part of the legislative branch? Under the Constitution, it is supposed to control the purse strings. Would that not make it all the more incumbent upon us to insist on what is going to be the supplemental bill to pay for the war so that we exercise our constitutional duty?”