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Scott Fitzgerald: I gave them the Senator's admonition that the Senate should never yield too much power to the executive, and that was…

On the recordDecember 7, 2001
I gave them the Senator's admonition that the Senate should never yield too much power to the executive, and that was the decline of the ancient Roman Republic.
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Scott Fitzgerald
Republican · Wisconsin

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Discussing the balance of power between the Senate and the executive branch.

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