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On the recordDecember 2, 2013
The Obama administration, however, has ignored the Constitution's carefully balanced separation of powers and unilaterally granted itself the extra-constitutional authority to amend the laws and to waive or suspend their enforcement.
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Bob Goodlatte
Republican · Virginia

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Criticism of the Obama administration's actions regarding separation of powers.

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