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Gregory Meeks: From the way it sounds, some of my colleagues would just strike Article I from the Constitution and have the Executive…

On the recordDecember 1, 2020
From the way it sounds, some of my colleagues would just strike Article I from the Constitution and have the Executive Branch do everything.
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Gregory Meeks
Democratic · New York

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Critiques colleagues for wanting to diminish Congress's role in governance.

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