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Facing criticism in President Obama’s weekly address over his pledge to block nominees, Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah) responded Saturday that he was adhering to the Constitution.

Lee has promised to block nominees because he believes the president’s recent appointments to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and the National Labor Relations Board are unconstitutional.

“Sadly, the President has sought to make this a partisan issue; but the Constitution is not partisan. The Constitution does not allow any president, Republican or Democrat, to circumvent the Senate in making appointments, and I will resist, just as vigorously, members of my own party who would attempt to do the same thing,” Lee said in a statement.

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