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'Why would you want to do that?' Top GOP senator sides with Dems against Trump on key issue

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Sen. Susan Collins ( R-Maine ) chairs the Senate Appropriations Committee .

She co-signed a letter to President Donald Trump protesting his refusal to disburse $2.9 billion in funding already approved by Congress .

Trump not disbursing funds appropriated by Congress is not only a violation of federal law, but also of the Constitution .

Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution states that Congress alone has the power to "lay and collect Taxes , Duties, Imposts and Excises".

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