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From the New York Times, I'm Michael Bobaro.
This is The Daily.
Late last night, around midnight, President Trump achieved a major victory,
persuading both chambers of Congress to cancel billions of dollars in spending that they've already approved.
In the process, Congress is giving the president the power that it and it alone is supposed to have.
My colleague Katie Edmondson explains.
It's Friday, July 18th.
Katie, Congress has just within the past few hours done what very few institutions in government do,
which is voluntarily give up power delegated to it by the Constitution.
Basically, it has voted to give away its own authority.
That's right.
I mean, what we're talking about here specifically is Congress's spending authority.