Washington – White House Indicates Trump To Veto Disapproval Of Emergency

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    President Donald Trump speaks during an event in the Rose Garden at the White House to declare a national emergency in order to build a wall along the southern border, Friday, Feb. 15, 2019, in Washington. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci)Washington – President Donald Trump is prepared to issue the first veto of his term if Congress votes to disapprove his declaration of a national emergency along the U.S.-Mexico border, a top White House adviser said on Sunday.

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    White House senior adviser Stephen Miller told “Fox News Sunday” that “the president is going to protect his national emergency declaration.” Asked if that meant Trump was ready to veto a resolution of disapproval, Miller added, “He’s going to protect his national emergency declaration, guaranteed.”

    The West Wing is digging in for fights on multiple fronts as the president’s effort to go around Congress to fund his long-promised border wall faces bipartisan criticism and multiple legal challenges. After lawmakers in both parties blocked his requests for billions of dollars to fulfill his signature campaign pledge, Trump’s declared national emergency Friday shifts billions of federal dollars earmarked for military construction to the border.

    California Attorney General Xavier Becerra told ABC’s “This Week” that his state would sue “imminently” to block the order, after the American Civil Liberties Union and the nonprofit watchdog group Public Citizen announced Friday they were taking legal action.

    Democrats are planning to introduce a resolution disapproving of the declaration once Congress returns to session and it is likely to pass both chambers. Several Republican senators are already indicating they would vote against Trump — though there do not yet appear to be enough votes to override a veto by the president.

    The White House’s Miller insisted that Congress granted the president wide berth under the National Emergencies Act to take action. But Trump’s declaration goes beyond previous emergencies in shifting money after Congress blocked his funding request for the wall, which will likely factor in legal challenges.

    Trump aides acknowledge that Trump cannot meet his pledge to build the wall by the time voters decide whether to grant him another term next year, but insist his base will remain by his side as long as he is not perceived to have given up the fight on the barrier.

    Sen. Chris Coons, D-Del., told CBS’s “Face the Nation” that he believes Congress needs to act to “defend” its powers of the purse.

    “I do think that we should not set the terrible precedent of letting a president declare a national emergency simply as a way of getting around the congressional appropriations process,” he said.

    Rep. Will Hurd, R-Texas, a critic of Trump’s border policies, said he would support legislation to review Trump’s emergency declaration, saying, “It sets a dangerous precedent.”

    “My concern is our government wasn’t designed to operate by national emergency,” he told CBS.

    Trump ally Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, told ABC that he believes there are enough GOP votes to prevent the supermajorities required to override a veto.

    “I think there are plenty of votes in the House to make sure that there’s no override of the president’s veto,” he said. “So it’s going to be settled in court, we’ll have to wait and see.”


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    5 years ago

    Good luck, Mr. President. You’re made of steel. You’ve been hammered by the press, by your political opponents and by turncoats in your own party. Yet you persevere, never giving up the good and altruistic fight. We, the little people, are with you. We recognize that those who denigrate you and constantly work against you are out only for themselves. The Democratic Party is simply courting the Spanish vote; the two-faced Republicans envy your grit, your power and your seat. The rest are either currying favor with the Hollywood glitterati or are genuine airheads a la AOC and her ilk. The silent majority are cheering you on. You will prevail in the end, Gd willing. Chazak!

    Cricket
    Cricket
    5 years ago

    There is legal precedent for this and in a case that was a more drastic act, one spearheaded by Frank Underwood.

    yaakov doe
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    yaakov doe
    5 years ago

    What’s the emergency? Why wasn’t this emergency and emergency when the GOP controlled both houses of Congress? How does a wall which takes considerable time to build resolve this emergency.
    If there is truly an emergency situation at the border Trump should immediately dispatch tanks and armored vehicles every 100 feet along the border to prevent the threat to our nation.

    yaakov doe
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    yaakov doe
    5 years ago

    If this is a National emergency, I fail to understand how our Commander and Chief could leave the Oval Office for a weekend of golfing. His job is to protect us and he should be at his desk working on immediate remedies to make us safe from there invaders. I don’t feel safe knowing that the barrier to protest my family from these criminal invaders may take years to complete,
    I’m terrified since Friday and unable to sleep knowing that the threat is just a few hundred miles from our home.