Trump makes last-ditch effort to stop Senate rebuke of emergency declaration
Source: The Hill
By Jordan Fabian - 03/14/19 10:28 AM EDT
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A vote for todays resolution by Republican Senators is a vote for Nancy Pelosi, Crime, and the Open Border Democrats! Trump tweeted.
The repeated warnings, however, appeared to do little to stem the tide of GOP defections. Sens. Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) and Mitt Romney (R-Utah) both announced Thursday morning they would vote for the resolution, joining five other Republican senators who say they will as well.
If the Senate passes the resolution with strong Republican support, it would worsen the sting for Trump, who has made the border wall his signature issue and harangued members of his own party to support his effort to build it. The Democrat-controlled House has already approved the resolution, meaning Trump will be forced to use his veto powers for the first time.
Lawmakers in both parties believe Trump exceeded his authority when he invoked his emergency powers to obtain money for the wall after Congress refused to grant his request for billions of dollars in funding, which had triggered a 35-day government shutdown that dealt a political blow to the GOP.....................................................
Read more: https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/434024-trump-defends-legality-of-emergency-declaration-ahead-of-expected
Trump is begging via tweets. te he.
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PeeJ52
(1,588 posts)I didn't think it was possible, but tRump gives politics an even worse name.
onetexan
(12,994 posts)SWBTATTReg
(21,856 posts)its rightful place by voting this way.
EveHammond13
(2,855 posts)moose65
(3,164 posts)"Prominent legal scholars agree that our actions to address the National Emergency at the Southern Border and to protect the American people are both CONSTITUTIONAL and EXPRESSLY authorized by Congress...."
That does NOT sound like something that Trump would write. Miller, maybe??
47of74
(18,470 posts)Harker
(13,870 posts)Not a lot of people know what great legal scholars they are.
I'd tell fuckface to get some actual legal scholars.
47of74
(18,470 posts)Sorry, America is experiencing a fuckhead orange shitgibbon masquerading as President.
Please stand by.
sinkingfeeling
(51,274 posts)has a great case for his action being constitutional.