On the recordJuly 11, 2018
I blame Congress. We have allowed over the last 30 years, the President, whomever was the occupant in the White House, to gradually take the constitutional responsibility of Congress.
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congress.govEmanuel Cleaver: “I blame Congress. We have allowed over the last 30 years, the President, whomever was the occupant in the White House…”
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Cleaver criticizes Congress for ceding power to the presidency over decades.
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