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John Yarmuth: My view has always--I was stunned by that. My view has always been that the constitutional argument ran in the other…

On the recordApril 28, 2021
My view has always--I was stunned by that. My view has always been that the constitutional argument ran in the other direction, that there was something very questionable about this kind of arbitrary denial of the power of the purse.
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John Yarmuth
Democratic · Kentucky

Editor's note · Context

Yarmuth defends earmarking as a legitimate exercise of congressional power.

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