As the branch of government with the power of the purse, we really have no other reasonable choice when the economy is in the shape it is in.

作为拥有财政权力的政府部门，当经济处于目前的状况时，我们确实没有其他合理的选择。

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They may use the power of the purse to squeeze spending at the margins; but cutting off the money completely would create a huge popular backlash.

他们可以用掌握国库的权力压缩边缘花销；但是，将拨款完全删除会制造大众的巨大震荡。

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'They argued from history,' continued the Rat. 'They said that no criminal laws had ever been known to prevail against cheek and plausibility such as yours, combined with the power of a long purse.

“他们根据历史事实来论证，”河鼠继续说。“他们说，像你这样一个没脸没皮、伶牙俐齿的动物，外加钱袋的力量，没有一条刑法能给你定罪。”

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"This bipartisan letter from senators to the administration is a very significant one because of the growing opposition both among Republicans and Democrats to holding the trial in New York,but too,in the end, the Congress has the power of the purse,"

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Because that's the power of the purse, and under the Constitution it rests solely with the legislative branch.

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Thus, Riley must use the power of persuasiveness, rather than the power of the purse, to push his agenda.

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Such an endgame, according to Roberts, would be a disturbing shift in the power of the purse from Congress to the President.

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