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Mike Simpson: “You just can't declare something at the executive branch that it is no longer the law.”

On the recordFebruary 27, 2012
You just can't declare something at the executive branch that it is no longer the law.
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Mike Simpson
Republican · Idaho

Editor's note · Context

Simpson argues that changes to law must come from Congress, not the executive branch.

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