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no_hypocrisy

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9. Could Congress go to court again as the excuse last year was Trump alleged it was an "emergency."

Reply to spanone (Original post)

Tue Jan 14, 2020, 05:00 PM

Jan 2020

How long would the Court recognize an emergency?

Also, could Congress allocate the full amount to The Pentagon and The Pentagon immediately allocate the money to its projects (into bank accounts) and therefore, nothing for Trump to steal?

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Trump plans to divert $7.2 billion from Pentagon for border wall construction: report [View all] spanone Jan 2020 OP

We are gonna all be dead or living elsewhere in 40 yrs anyway due to Global Warming Eliot Rosewater Jan 2020 #1

Take the checkbook away, snip the credit cards and close the accounts C_U_L8R Jan 2020 #2

He's on a collision course shanti Jan 2020 #4

It's money well-stolen. BKDem Jan 2020 #3

Congress should cut the defense budget that much next year? pwb Jan 2020 #5

Precisely spanone Jan 2020 #7

That is step 1 genxlib Jan 2020 #6

Do we have receipts from wall construction LAST YEAR? Captain Zero Jan 2020 #8

Could Congress go to court again as the excuse last year was Trump alleged it was an "emergency." no_hypocrisy Jan 2020 #9