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Judd Gregg: “Well, answering the Senator through the Chair, then the money gets spent. If either House does not agree with the…”

On the recordJanuary 24, 2007
Well, answering the Senator through the Chair, then the money gets spent. If either House does not agree with the rescission, then the rescission fails. So the power of the legislative branch is retained, which is its constitutional authority, to spend money as it deems appropriate, and the President has no capacity to override that under this bill. All he has is the capacity to say to the legislative branch: Do you think you want to do this? If either House says, yes, we do, then the money is spent.
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Judd Gregg

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Discussing the legislative authority over budget rescissions.

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