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That are due. what is happening here is that congress is in danger of weakening the very institution of congress set up by article one that gives congress the power to tax, to borrow. if it fails to act, it is open the door for president obama to essentially breach this article one power by relying on his constitutional power under article two which says he has to take care of the laws to be faithfully executed. we are looking a constitutional crisis, showdown, and this is a card president obama...

Principle, but not incur new debt without congressional blessing, the power to borrow money in the united states under article one, section eight, belongs to congress and congress only. >> as you know, as in all legal questions, theres a dispute. not everybody agrees with you, including the administration, secretary treasury jack lew and the white house spokesman jay carney both say we dont agree with this interpretation of the 14th amendment. what happens if they would say we dont agree with th...

Article one branch, united states congress, house of representatives, including the congressman. thank you for your time tonight. i really enjoyed it. joining me congresswoman maxine waters, democrat from california. and congresswoman, what is your reaction to some of the things you are hearing from your colleagues on the other side of the aisle about the debt ceiling being fundamentally fictitious or not as the bad as scary democrats are making it out to be. >> i am absolutely appalled at the f...

Stop working until i get something. im going to shut down the whole plant until i get something. you get fired. >> so, hes against strikes. who knew? all the people that supported him, he was against them. >> who knew? >> so earlier i pointed out that government is working exactly the way its supposed to. in article one, sections 1, 2, 3 of the constitution, founding fathers outlined the house of representatives were the population to hold the purse string. senators were elected in states that h...

That offend people, but why is it fair to use that as a bargaining chip when its not their economy, it is all of our economy, it is the united states economy? >> because we live in whats called a constitutional republic. its interesting under article one, spending, taxing, borrowing has to come from the house of representatives first. maybe the president doesnt understand that. so if hes really concerned about a government shutdown, hes really concerned about the debt, he would have spent the la...

Do with you and your colleagues saying you will not fund what is law. if we allow members of congress to do this, you can duh fund any law you choose. thats not the base of democracy. >> it is if you read article one, al. thats where the understanding is the congress controls the pursestrings. the congress decides what is to be funded from this government. and there have been plenty of examples over time in which things have not been funded. in which the congress decides what this is. this is no...

Do we need to be worried as american citizens at all levels, even federal levels the rights and concerns of people are being stomped all over? >> we think of this as being a local problem, but article one, section 8 of the u.s. constitution gives congress complete authority over washington, d.c. its federal territory. its not a state. so your federal tax dollars are going to washington, d.c. via congress. those tax dollars are being wasted on discriminatory practices. >> mike: ondray stay with u...

Do we need to be worried as american citizens that in all levels local and even federal levels the rights and concerns of people are being stomped all over? >> we think of this as being a local problem, but article one, section eight of the constitution gives congress complete authority over washington, d.c. its a federal territory. its not a state. so your federal tax dollars are going to washington, d.c., via congress and those tax dollars are being wasted on discriminatory practices. >> ondra...

Do we need to be worried as american citizens that in all levels local and even federal levels the rights and concerns of people are being stomped all over? >> we think of this as being a local problem, but article one, section eight of the constitution gives congress complete authority over washington, d.c. its a federal territory. its not a state. so your federal tax dollars are going to washington, d.c., via congress and those tax dollars are being wasted on discriminatory practices. >> ondra...

Do we need to be worried as american citizens that in all levels local and even federal levels the rights and concerns of people are being stomped all over? >> we think of this as being a local problem, but article one, section eight of the constitution gives congress complete authority over washington, d.c. its a federal territory. its not a state. so your federal tax dollars are going to washington, d.c., via congress and those tax dollars are being wasted on discriminatory practices. >> ondra...