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Tim Scott: “This rule lets the House work its will, without any question. You have a choice. Take the opportunity. Vote your…”

On the recordJune 3, 2011
This rule lets the House work its will, without any question. You have a choice. Take the opportunity. Vote your conscience. This is a place where we are confident and not nervous, but we want to close in a bipartisan way because there's no doubt that we want Americans to come together. And I can think of no more appropriate way to close than to quote then-Senator Barack Obama once again: ``The President does not have the power under the Constitution to unilaterally authorize a military attack in a situation that does not involve stopping an actual or imminent threat to the Nation.''
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Tim Scott
Republican · South Carolina
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Jun 3, 2011

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