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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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