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On the recordFebruary 25, 2014
there is unlikely any law that we could possibly pass here in the Congress that is going to compel the President to enforce it unless it is to his political interest to do so.
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Steve King
Republican · Iowa

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King expresses skepticism about Congress's ability to compel presidential enforcement of laws.

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