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Janice Schakowsky: Now is the time for Congress to grow a spine and reclaim our constitutional duty as an equal and separate branch of…

On the recordJune 19, 2018
Now is the time for Congress to grow a spine and reclaim our constitutional duty as an equal and separate branch of Government ready and willing and able to serve as a check to a President who has seemingly gone mad.
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Janice Schakowsky
Democratic · Illinois

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Schakowsky urges Congress to assert its authority against the President.

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