Trump formally threatens to veto the resolution to cancel his emergency declaration for the border wall.
U.S. House voted 245-182 Tuesday to block President Trump's national emergency order for using military money to build his southern border wall
Tuesday, February 26, 2019
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VietPress USA (Feb. 26, 2019):During presidential campaign in 2016, Donald Trump declared that if he won the election, he will build up the southern wall along the border between US and Mexico with the payment totally paid by Mexican government.
Regret that Mexican president denied to pay any cent for Trump's wall. Trump turns back to ask U.S. Conress to approve a fund of US$5.7 Billion for the border wall he promised. It is so sorry becaause Democrats won the majority and is controlling the House so that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Trump will never get the fund he expected for border wall.
Trump decided to shut down Federal government to press pressure on Congress for his fund request. He had to stop Government shutdown after 35 days as longest shutdown in U.S. history, but Congress also voted no on the fund for Trump's border wall.
To bypass the Congress, president Trump announced a national emergency to use about US$8 billion from military budgets.
Today on Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2019, while Trump on the way to Hanoi of Vietnam for the second summit on Feb. 27 and 28 with North Korea's chairman Kim Jong-un for denuclearization,of Korean peninsula; at home the House voted 245-182 Tuesday to block President Donald Trump's declaration of a national emergency along the southern border; but surely that president Trump will veto this from Democrats.
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House passes resolution to stop Trump's emergency declaration; Senate next
WASHINGTON – The House voted 245-182 Tuesday to block President Donald Trump's declaration of a national emergency along the southern border, but Democrats didn’t win enough support from Republicans to overcome Trump’s threatened veto.
Only 13 Republicans joined all Democrats in backing the measure, even though many had warned against the declaration.
GOP Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers of Washington said she was “100 percent in favor of President Trump’s wall" but Congress shouldn't give up its power delegated by the Constitution.
"When that power is delegated to the executive or judicial branches, representatives become elected bystanders and ‘We the People’ no longer have a voice," McMorris Rodgers said.
The GOP-controlled Senate must weigh in on the "privileged resolution" within 18 days.
Vice President Mike Pence and legal experts discussed the emergency declaration with Republican senators during their weekly caucus lunch Tuesday. Several senators said afterward they were still processing the information.
“One thing that’s not in debate in our conference – we really do think there’s a crisis at the border,” said Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky. “There are different points of view about how to address that.”
Trump declared an emergency this month after Congress sent to the president a bipartisan funding bill that failed to meet his demand for $5.7 billion for a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border. Trump took the action to free up billions from other sources to pay for the barrier.
Democrats have said the declaration is unconstitutional and are using a provision from the National Emergencies Act to try to halt the president.
"If the president is successful in getting his way on this, rest assured he will come back, he will try this again, probably on other issues, as will future presidents. The Congress must step up," said Rep. Joaquin Castro, the Texas Democrat leading the effort.
Hours before the vote, Trump formally threatened to veto the legislation.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said the core of the Constitution that lawmakers swore to uphold is the separation of powers between the three branches of government.
"Perhaps it’s time for our country to have a civics lesson," Pelosi said before the vote. "Our founders rejected the idea of a monarch."
As the resolution moves to the Senate, here's what you need to know:
Which Senate Republicans have said they’ll support the measure?
The national emergency has been controversial for Republicans, many of whom warned the president his move could set a bad precedent. But it is unclear how many will publicly oppose the president and vote to terminate the order.
On Monday night, North Carolina Sen. Thom Tillis, a Republican, announced he would vote in favor of a resolution that disapproved of the national emergency in an op-ed in the Washington Post.
"As a U.S. senator, I cannot justify providing the executive with more ways to bypass Congress," Tillis wrote. "As a conservative, I cannot endorse a precedent that I know future left-wing presidents will exploit to advance radical policies that will erode economic and individual freedoms."
GOP Sens. Susan Collins of Maine and Lisa Murkowski of Alaska have also indicated support for the measure in its current form.
Sen. Martha McSally, R-Arizona, said Tuesday night she was "seeking assurances that the money will not come from Arizona military construction projects" for her vote.
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