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On the recordOctober 5, 2009
to the extent that there are duties that are specifically given to an office by Congress, even if that office holder is an appointee of the President, it may very well be that there are authorities that belong to that office that the President cannot simply direct.
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Sheldon Whitehouse
Democratic · Rhode Island

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Whitehouse discusses the limits of presidential authority over appointed offices.

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