Lamar Alexander

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Thu Mar 14 18:41:08 +0000 2019

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Lamar Alexander @SenAlexander

Never before has a president asked for funding, Congress has not provided it, and the president then has used the National Emergencies Act of 1976 to spend the money anyway. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted March 14, 2019

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Lamar Alexander @SenAlexander

But his declaration to take an additional $3.6 billion that Congress has appropriated for military hospitals, barracks and schools is inconsistent with the U.S. Constitution that I swore an oath to support and defend. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted March 14, 2019

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Lamar Alexander @SenAlexander

The problem with this is that after a Revolutionary War against a king, our nation’s founders gave to Congress the power to approve all spending so that the president would not have too much power. This check on the executive is a crucial source of our freedom. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted March 14, 2019