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NPR: "Under the Constitution, Congress has the power of the purse."
Siiiigh, that kind of line might be okay in informal banter, but for a legit news organization actually trying to explain legal matters to their readers, it's just not right.
It gets into the realm of reporters begging questions with hand waving behind vague idiom. They might as well just say everybody knows blah blah blah.
They should have instead informed readers with what the Constitution actually says and legal disputes through history if they wanted to get into it. But all that gets hidden behind this often misinterpreted throwaway line.
Do better, #journalism . Our society desperately needs it.
