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Good morning, i'm melissa harris-perry. there is a washington, d.c. puzzle confounding me. let's start with the first piece of the puzzle. it's from june 2012. the house oversight and government reform committee voted to hold eric holder in contempt of congress. that decision to hold the a.g. in contempt makes it clear that eric holder and the u.s. congress do not have a good working relationship. that's puzzle piece one. in september 2014 eric holder announces his intention to resign as soon as his successor is in place. congressional republicans barely contain their thrill at the news. congr...

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Legislative body. all legislatiive powers herein granted to the united states. so it's not about our wanting to stop him from doing his job. it's our wanting to do the job that the constitution prescribes and not to take powers resting in the congress and through not enforcing laws or changing laws that have been passed taking power from the legislative branch. it's very important, and this should be bipartisan people standing up to protect the balance of power, the check against a too-powerful executive branch. it's been done in the past. it needs to be done again. >> let me put up a few of t...

Legislative body. all legislatiive powers herein granted to the united states. so it's not about our wanting to stop him from doing his job. it's our wanting to do the job that the constitution prescribes and not to take powers resting in the congress and through not enforcing laws or changing laws that have been passed taking power from the legislative branch. it's very important, and this should be bipartisan people standing up to protect the balance of power, the check against a too-powerful executive branch. it's been done in the past. it needs to be done again. >> let me put up a few of t...

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