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On the recordSeptember 14, 2011
No money shall be drawn from the Treasury but in a consequence of appropriations made by law.
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Tom Coburn
Republican · Oklahoma

Editor's note · Context

Coburn cites a constitutional clause regarding financial appropriations.

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