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Russ Feingold: “It has been the practice of this body to delegate to the President the power to defer spending or even to decline to…”

On the recordMay 25, 2010
It has been the practice of this body to delegate to the President the power to defer spending or even to decline to spend in so-called lump-sum appropriations really since the time of President Washington.
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Russ Feingold
Democratic · Wisconsin

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Feingold explains the historical precedent for presidential spending authority.

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