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Jerry Nadler: “The challenge we face is that the President of the United States wants desperately to prevent Congress, a coequal branch…”

On the recordMay 1, 2019
The challenge we face is that the President of the United States wants desperately to prevent Congress, a coequal branch of government, from providing any check whatsoever to even his most reckless decisions.
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Jerry Nadler
Democratic · New York

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Nadler warns about the President's attempts to undermine Congressional authority.

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