Tom Harkin actually said...

The President of the United States cannot spend one nickel of taxpayers' dollars except for what the Congress gives him the authority to do.

Harkin clarifies the limits of presidential spending power.

02/04/2011

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this committee is taking the vital first steps to eliminating the bad actors within the for-profit sector.

Let me repeat that: the taxpayers' investment is $24 billion a year.