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Apr 29, 2020 UNITED STATES CAPITOL
Take this virtual tour featuring some of our favorite aspects of the U.S. Capitol. Tour stops include: U.S. CAPITOL VISITOR CENTER 0:47 / EMANCIPATION HALL 1:01  / STATUE OF FREEDOM 1:17  / U.S. CAPITOL CRYPT 1:53  / U.S. CAPITOL ROTUNDA 3:18  / NATIONAL STATUARY HALL 5:19  / EMANCIPATION HALL 7:41
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Spending, Budgets, & National Debt
Article I. Section 9. Clause 7.
"No Money shall be drawn from the Treasury, but in Consequence of Appropriations made by Law; and a regular Statement and Account of the Receipts and Expenditures of all public Money shall be published from time to time."
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The Bankrupting of America
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What does it really mean to "tax the rich" and make people pay "their fair share"?
Who are the 1%?
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Law Making
Congressional Lawmaking Responsibilities: Has Congress abdicated its lawmaking role?
Abdication - The History
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Reasserting Lawmaking Responsibility
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May 18, 2017
Opening Address to the Federalist Society’s Fifth Annual Executive Branch Review Conference

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