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Tweet - "According to our Constitution, Congress holds the power of the purse -- not the President. When Congress appropriates funds, we should believe that it actually means something -- that no President, Republican or Democrat, can simply ignore us for their own selfish purposes."

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Date: Sept. 12, 2019
Issues: Defense Government Budget and Spending Immigration

"According to our Constitution, Congress holds the power of the purse -- not the President.

When Congress appropriates funds, we should believe that it actually means something -- that no President, Republican or Democrat, can simply ignore us for their own selfish purposes."

"Today, I introduced a budget amendment with @SenatorLeahy that would have stopped the diversion of military funds to the President's ineffective border wall. Senate Republicans voted it down in a party-line vote, 15-16."

"This move -- now sanctioned by GOP Senators -- to bypass Congress in order to divert these funds is unacceptable. Unless Congress can stand up & defend its role as defined by our Constitution, I fear that our work will be undermined by this President & by future Administrations."

@SenatorDurbin


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