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frames- [ARGM-ADV As partisans of congressional power understand] , [ARG0 a `` power of the purse '' so broadly construed *] [ARGM-MOD would] [rel emasculate] [ARG1 the presidency] and swallow the principle of separation of powers .
- [ARG0 The media 's treatment of the Defense Department during the Vietnam War , the Carter administration 's denigration of the military , and the public scapegoating of Lt. Col. Oliver North] have all served *-2 to [rel emasculate] [ARG1 the poor souls who *T*-1 live there] .