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new video loaded: Why Won’t Congress Use Its Power?transcriptBacktranscriptWhy Won’t Congress Use Its Power?Five Republicans just voted with Democrats to block Trump’s tariffs. This proves Congress can act. So why isn’t it using that same power to address hunger, health care costs or undeclared wars? The New York Times Opinion editor, Kathleen Kingsbury, explains.A lot happened this week. “Melissa came ashore like no other hurricane.” “Ordering the Pentagon to resume nuclear testing.” “Indiana is diving into the nationwide gerrymandering fight.” “Restructured into a for-profit company.” Here’s one thing you shouldn’t miss. On Tuesday, the Senate voted to block the tariffs…

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The White House is very distinctly not a palace, right? Yeah give it time. There’s so much gold. Well, believe it or not, we are not going to talk about the elections that are happening on Tuesday. We’re going to save our powder for next week, when there will be lots of results and fascinating data to dissect. Instead, our conversation today is going to be about Congress. David, I’m so sorry. I know you would probably rather talk about something more upbeat, how the courts are still actually doing their jobs, but should we. You lost the coin toss.…

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