CONGRESS RESPONDS TO TRUMP'S ABUSE OF WAR POWERS
The Hartmann Report
Thom Hartmann
4.5 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 12 January 2020
⏱️ 58 minutes
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Summary
Rep. Mark Pocan explains new efforts of Congress to limit and redefine war powers after Trump's strike against Soliemani. Listeners call in with concern after Trump's proactive escalation with Iran. For the Book Club, Thom reads from "The Fifth Risk" by Michael Lewis and "The Embattled Vote in America" by Allan Lichtman.
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| 0:39.9 | country. Congressman Mark Poccan with us taking your calls. |
| 0:44.0 | Congressman Pocan is the co-chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus. |
| 0:47.0 | He represents the state of Wisconsin, the second district of Wisconsin, in the U.S. House |
| 0:50.7 | of Representatives, his website, Pocan. House. |
| 0:53.0 | And you can tweet him at Rep Mark Pocan. |
| 0:55.0 | Congressman. |
| 0:56.0 | Welcome back. |
| 0:57.0 | Thanks, Tom. |
| 0:58.0 | Glad to be here. |
| 0:59.0 | And glad to have you. |
| 1:00.0 | And I'm curious your thoughts on, you know, the president gave a speech one of the things |
| 1:04.4 | that really surprised me about his little speech was that he attacked |
| 1:08.4 | Obama he said that the missiles that they threw at us were paid for by money that the |
| 1:14.6 | American government under Obama's administration gave them. Words to that |
| 1:18.8 | effect he's talking about of course the Iranian money that was unfrozen. |
| 1:23.2 | But you know, we didn't give them any money. |
| 1:25.0 | We simply unfrows their own money. |
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