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On the recordDecember 11, 2013
We cannot do our job to legislate when we have a President--and we have had Presidents of both parties that have legislated through Executive Orders.
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Paul Broun
Republican · Georgia

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Broun criticizes past Presidents for using executive orders to legislate.

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