5 Quotes by Arlen Specter about congress
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An imperial president has become more imperial, simply because the Congress has not taken steps to secure its power of the purse.
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Members of Congress are irate about the Court's denigrating and, really, disrespectful statements about Congress' competence, ... method of reasoning.
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At any rate, Congress hasn't acted, and that's really what the focus of our hearing is today as to what ought to be done.
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If we give up the power of the purse, which is what is at issue here, then it really reduces the Congress to the state of being a eunuch,
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Isn't there a lack of respect for Congress demonstrated by the Supreme Court, as Justice Scalia points out that it is 'ill advised' for the court to set itself up as 'taskmaster' to determine that Congress has done its 'homework'?
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