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Pete Sessions: Is it not true, based on his experience, that even the House and the Senate defend amongst themselves their prerogatives…

On the recordJuly 13, 2004
Is it not true, based on his experience, that even the House and the Senate defend amongst themselves their prerogatives and do not the House and the Senate defend their own power against the executive and does not the executive branch defend its own power against the legislative branch?
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Pete Sessions
Republican · Texas

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Discussing the balance of power between the legislative and executive branches.

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