Pelosi Could Force GOP to Vote on Trump Emergency

[book_worm]

Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) “could move to block President Trump from invoking a national emergency to build a border wall, forcing Senate Republicans to choose between preserving congressional power and crossing the White House,” the Washington Examiner reports.

“The California Democrat, under a seldom-used statute, could put a binding ‘resolution of disapproval’ on the House floor to counter Trump should he claim constitutional powers to unilaterally build a border wall.”

https://politicalwire.com/2019/02/01/pelosi-could-force-gop-to-vote-on-trump-emergency-order/#disqus_thread

[fleur-de-lisa]

1. She is always about 12 steps ahead of the dotard! I love her!

[charliea]

8. That's not too hard!

Since he can't even walk across the street...



#RESIST

[bullwinkle428]

22. She's playing chess, and he's flinging poop.

[rpannier]

23. Not too difficult when you watch this

[Wounded Bear]

2. She knows the ropes and all the angles...

[Trueblue Texan]

18. For certain her experience is more valuable...

..than many people realized. Or maybe that's why there was a move to have someone younger. fill the Speaker's position. I'm pretty sure that notion didn't originate on the Left but more likely from the freaked out Right who knew how much power an experienced leader could wield.

[lunatica]

20. Interesting point. A good one too.

Thanks. I appreciate insightful comments.

And it’s surely one of the aspects when you think about it

[LiberalFighter]

25. Republicans will attempt to attack the weak ones into pushing for it.

And utilize the media to pursue that story line.

[Hortensis]

28. Lol. I'm a big admirer, even read a couple books about her,

but everyone does remember that she's part of a very redoubtable team of pros, right? Also that all these rules are in writing and even large numbers of very smart assistants are supposed to know what they are and how they can be used? And that the top leadership consults extensively with each other and appropriate committee chairs and legal and policy experts in making these big decisions?

GO, Team Democrats!

[dalton99a]

3. Excellent.

[FreepFryer]

4. Cheers! Take the anchor off link - it's pointing to the 'about us,' not the thread (for me anyway)!

[malaise]

5. She knows all the rules

He's way out of his depth

[PubliusEnigma]

6. This will be as well played as the SOTU. Nancy is a master at this. A wonder to behold.

[Thekaspervote]

7. Yeah Nancy!!! Happy she let this out b4 the SOTU. He will look sooo foolish if he goes there

[smirkymonkey]

9. +1000

Nancy is the best!

[peacebuzzard]

17. A real warrior n/t

[NewJeffCT]

10. Now can we get 4 Republican votes?

Murkowski
Gardner
Collins
Perdue
Tillis

[stuffmatters]

11. You might see Koch Bros Senators* voting for this out of fear

Since their rumored alarm is that the Democratic president in 2021 will use this against Petrofascistm, ag the real national emergency of climate change.
*and all Republicans Senators are Koch employees IMHO

[erronis]

12. Definitely wouldn't trust Collins at all. Murkowski maybe.

Dunno about the others.

Collins has been a real forked-tongue snake (no offense meant to real snakes.)

[LiberalFighter]

26. There are apparently others too.

[yuiyoshida]

13. DO IT NANCY!!! DO IT!!

[UTUSN]

14. K&R

[2naSalit]

15. K&R

[ginnyinWI]

16. Just telling him that she might do it might be enough.

I don't think he's all that confident in his Repubs in the Senate right now. It would be a major embarrassment!

[Grammy23]

19. That is the crazy thing about tRump telegraphing what he intends to do.

He just handed her a nice long time to make HER game plan of how to deal with his impulsive, illogical ideas. Speaker Pelosi did not just fall off the turnip truck. She knows her way around the halls of Congress and how things work there. So thanks to his all but announcing what he will do (said to impress his base), she can confer with her fellow legislators, get all of them on the same page and be ready to meet his idea with a plan of her own.

I can’t wait to see this. Can.Not.Wait.

[hostalover]

21. Thank heavens we have Nancy!!!

[moondust]

24. May also be a court challenge.

Adam Schiff says the intel chiefs' testimony that didn't mention anything about a crisis at the southern border would be evidence that there is no crisis at the southern border to justify an emergency declaration.

[LiberalFighter]

27. Geesh! This report is sparse. No effort to flesh it out.