Opponents of Trump border emergency close to votes needed

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Opponents of Trump border emergency close to votes needed

WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate opponents of President Donald Trump’s declaration of a national emergency at the Mexican border have moved very close to having enough votes to prevail, and one Republican suggested the president risks a rebuff by the GOP-led chamber if he doesn’t change course.

Trump’s move would “turn a border crisis into a constitutional crisis,” veteran Sen. Lamar Alexander said on the Senate floor Thursday. But he stopped just short of saying he’d support a resolution blocking the president’s move. Had Alexander pledged his vote, it would probably be enough for the Senate to pass a measure repealing the emergency declaration.
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Whether or not they will have enough votes to overturn the almost inevitable Trump veto remains to be seen. But Trump is trying to act beyond the powers given him in Article 1 which would set a dangerous precedent for future presidents. And the consensus is that no emergency exists.

 

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Opponents of Trump border emergency close to votes needed

WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate opponents of President Donald Trump’s declaration of a national emergency at the Mexican border have moved very close to having enough votes to prevail, and one Republican suggested the president risks a rebuff by the GOP-led chamber if he doesn’t change course.

Trump’s move would “turn a border crisis into a constitutional crisis,” veteran Sen. Lamar Alexander said on the Senate floor Thursday. But he stopped just short of saying he’d support a resolution blocking the president’s move. Had Alexander pledged his vote, it would probably be enough for the Senate to pass a measure repealing the emergency declaration.
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Whether or not they will have enough votes to overturn the almost inevitable Trump veto remains to be seen. But Trump is trying to act beyond the powers given him in Article 1 which would set a dangerous precedent for future presidents. And the consensus is that no emergency exists.

Why not amend the national emergency law to limit its scope? Congress was foolish to pass that law as written requiring either a supermajority on congress or the SCOTUS to stop the POTUS from declaring a "national emergency" pretty much as they please.