{"id":22955,"date":"2025-08-13T18:04:58","date_gmt":"2025-08-13T22:04:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/?p=22955"},"modified":"2025-08-27T18:05:57","modified_gmt":"2025-08-27T22:05:57","slug":"merkley-on-rescissions-the-president-is-not-a-king","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/es\/merkley-on-rescissions-the-president-is-not-a-king\/","title":{"rendered":"Merkley on Rescissions: \u201cThe President is not a king!\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Merkley on Rescissions: \u201cThe President is not a king!\u201d\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/3ZdhNs_BzWU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Senator Merkley took to the floor to speak about his amendment to prevent President Trump and Office of Management and Budget Director Vought from using rescissions to supersede Congress\u2019s power of the purse. 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