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Tim Murphy: “The President's claim of appropriations by inference, however, turns the Constitution on its head and threatens this…”

On the recordJuly 7, 2016
The President's claim of appropriations by inference, however, turns the Constitution on its head and threatens this important power of Congress.
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Tim Murphy
Republican · Pennsylvania

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Murphy criticizes the President's interpretation of appropriations authority.

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