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| Alleged 'GOP' Sen. Lamar Alexander Signals Opposition To Trump's Emergency Declaration |
| 2019-03-02 |
| [Huffpoo] WASHINGTON ― Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) strongly suggested on Thursday that he would not support President Donald Trump’s declaration of a national emergency to fund construction of a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border. "I support what the president wants to do on border security, but I do not support the way he has been advised to do it," Alexander said in a speech on the Senate floor. "It is unnecessary and unwise to turn a border crisis into a constitutional crisis." Trump declared a national emergency two weeks ago, after failing to convince Congress to give him more than $5 billion to build his promised border wall. The declaration would allow Trump to use money Congress specifically appropriated for military projects to begin wall construction. Alexander’s opposition to the declaration would be significant. Three of his fellow Republicans have said they would join with Democrats and vote to disapprove of the declaration. Only four Republicans are needed to pass the measure, because Democrats control 47 seats, and the resolution requires a simple majority of 51 votes. Alexander did not specifically say whether he would support the disapproval resolution. Instead, he urged the administration to take other funds Congress has authorized for Department of Defense drug interdiction efforts as well as the Treasury Department to build the proposed border wall. |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #5 Is it really wicked to not think positive thoughts about the health of RBG given the recent trend of the Chief Justice? Cause if it is, I’m going to hell... |
| Posted by: NoMoreBS 2019-03-02 19:16 |
| #4 Trump is the chief executive of the nation. It's not clear to me how states would have standing to sue over this. Except in the 9th Circus Court where anything goes. |
| Posted by: SteveS 2019-03-02 13:52 |
| #3 |
| Posted by: Anomalous Sources 2019-03-02 13:39 |
| #2 I didn't vote for him. |
| Posted by: Deacon Blues 2019-03-02 07:49 |
| #1 Call a Joint Session of the House Tow the Capitol Building with all those scumbags in it into the Potomac Hold new Elections . |
| Posted by: newc 2019-03-02 00:41 |