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		freejazz 10 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Why can't Ivies cope with losing a few hundred mil... Do you understand that Congress has the power of the purse and the President does not?

prasadjoglekar 10 months ago [–]

Snark aside, Yes I do. Congress if fully capable of being specific when it wants to and delegating to the executive when it doesn't. For example they required the A10 airplane to continue to operate. They didn't specify the caliber of bullets to use.

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