Congresswoman Ballant
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So that is the real fiscal landscape that we are dealing with. And then you have Democratic Congresswoman Ballant. Here's what she has to say. Play this clip. What worries me so seriously about this conversation is that this whole concept of a balanced budget amendment requires...
us to actually support the Constitution that we have. You can't have this amendment if you don't have respect for the separation of powers, if you don't have respect for the powers of the purse, if you don't have respect for the Constitution as a whole. And under this Republican government, none of these things currently exist.
My Republican colleagues have completely given up Congress's Article 1 powers, letting the president do whatever he wants. They have stepped back and let the executive branch run wild. We have invoked the founders a lot today, and I can tell you they would be disgusted by the majority's willingness to cede their power to this president.
president trump and congressional republicans have completely abandoned constitutional governance by three co-equal branches they have allowed the president to illegally refuse to spend money as directed by congress they have conducted absolutely zero oversight of misconduct and open corruption across the agencies and the white house we just spent a month
out of session because the speaker would not stand up to our president and protect our Article 1 powers. Why do I care so much about the Article 1 powers? It's not because of our power. It's because we represent the people. We represent the people who want us to pass those policies that actually benefit them. And we don't have that right now. So this whole conversation
about going through this rigmarole of an idea that has a snowball's chance in hell of ever coming to fruition, when we could actually spend our time here protecting our Article 1 powers. And then the Democratic ranking member of the House Rules Committee, Democratic Congressmember Jim McGovern,
And now the United States stands with Russia and North Korea against Ukraine and all of our allies in Europe. It's sick. We are standing with dictators and against our allies.
And now the United States stands with Russia and North Korea against Ukraine and all of our allies in Europe. It's sick. We are standing with dictators and against our allies.
And now the United States stands with Russia and North Korea against Ukraine and all of our allies in Europe. It's sick. We are standing with dictators and against our allies.
I would rather not explain it now, but it's sort of self-evident, I think. Here, Donald Trump is asked, so you call Zelensky a dictator. What about Putin? Here, play this clip. If you called Zelensky a dictator, would you use the same words regarding Putin?
I would rather not explain it now, but it's sort of self-evident, I think. Here, Donald Trump is asked, so you call Zelensky a dictator. What about Putin? Here, play this clip. If you called Zelensky a dictator, would you use the same words regarding Putin?
I would rather not explain it now, but it's sort of self-evident, I think. Here, Donald Trump is asked, so you call Zelensky a dictator. What about Putin? Here, play this clip. If you called Zelensky a dictator, would you use the same words regarding Putin?