Nancy just walked Donnie's ass and she's setting her sights on Senate Republicans.

[RandySF]

If President Trump declares a national emergency in an attempt to divert military funds to build his border wall, Speaker Nancy Pelosi has recourse against such a move — and if she exercises it, she will force Senate Republicans to vote on where they stand.

The National Emergencies Act states that if one chamber, in this case the House of Representatives, condemns such an emergency declaration then the other, in this case the Senate, must also act on it. This would force Republican senators to register their vote on whether they support Trump’s declaration.

Until today, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has told the White House that such a move would deeply divide Republicans. One unnamed Republican senator even suggested to the Washington Examiner that Trump would suffer major defections in his own party. Many more GOP senators are now pushing back on the record.

Republican senators will be forced to decide whether they support Trump’s emergency declaration — which everyone knows isn’t a real emergency and is opposed by two-thirds of voters — or vote against Trump and worry about a possible future primary challenge fueled by his angry base.

If a simple majority of the Senate joins the House in voting to condemn the national emergency declaration, which seems highly likely, Trump would be forced to veto the measure.


https://politicalwire.com/2019/02/14/pelosis-next-move-after-trumps-national-emergency/

[RainCaster]

1. Pay wall

The idea is interesting, but they wanted my money before I could read it.

[klook]

2. Wash. Post opinion column says the same thing -- link:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/02/04/if-trump-declares-national-emergency-pelosi-can-jam-republicans-heres-how/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.f0d2a7f2996e

From a Washington Post opinion piece by Greg Sargent from Feb. 4th: "If Trump declares a national emergency, Pelosi can jam Republicans. Here’s how."

But Pelosi has a much more immediate way to challenge Trump’s declaration. Under the National Emergencies Act, or NEA, both chambers of Congress can pass a resolution terminating any presidentially declared national emergency.

What Pelosi can do

Elizabeth Goitein, who has researched this topic extensively for the Brennan Center for Justice, tells me that if Pelosi exercises this option, it will ultimately require the Senate to vote on it in some form as well. The NEA stipulates that if one chamber (Pelosi’s House) passes such a resolution, which it easily could do, the other (McConnell’s Senate) must act on it within a very short time period — forcing GOP senators to choose whether to support it.

Alternatively, Goitein notes, the Senate could vote not to consider that resolution or change its rules to avoid such a vote. But in those scenarios, the Senate would, in effect, be voting to greenlight Trump’s emergency declaration.

The NEA lays out a timetable for this process, and by Goitein’s reading, it would all take place within the protracted period of barely longer than a month. “In short, there could be 36 days between introduction of the resolution in the House and a vote on the Senate floor,” Goitein told me, “but that vote would have to happen,” and once it did, one way or the other, it would put senators “on record.”

A Democratic leadership aide tells me the House might opt for this move if Trump takes the plunge. “The House will vigorously challenge any declaration that seeks an end run around Congress’s power of the purse,” the aide says.

-- More at link

[RainCaster]

14. Thanks - that's one I subscribe to

[Raine1967]

3. Journlsim isn't free.

On the other hand, one might research the subject presented in the OP insead of griping about them wanting you to pay for journalism.

[griloco]

4. Which requires, nay, mandates I post...

[bitterross]

5. This is good!

LOL, this is going to be fun to watch.

[George II]

6. This woman knows the ins and outs of governing, and how to do it! They're already on record...

...as proposing to vote to condemn this.

As an afterthought, there were actually people who felt she was "too old" to be Speaker?

[joshdawg]

7. I'll say this again:

No matter how many republicans condemn a national emergency as proposed by trump, they will all vote to support it.
Never fear about that.
I have absolutely no faith that ANY republican will do the right thing and vote against it. Even mcturtle will vote for it.
Just my 2 cents.

[Dan]

10. If the GOP supports this Emergency

Then we no longer have a Republic and that is a fact!

[keithbvadu2]

8. Put the republican Senate on record supporting Trump's National Emergency.

[stopbush]

9. I don't believe that tRump can veto this. It's not a law. It's a resolution.

[watoos]

11. Trump can veto it.

Speaker Pelosi has not confirmed that she is going to push this resolution, so before we jump for joy, we need confirmation from her.

It seems like the way to go, the resolution will stop Trump from absconding the funding but if Trump vetoes it will Republicans override the veto?

[TlalocW]

12. "...which seems highly likely, Trump would be forced to veto the measure"

What would Trump have to veto - the congress voting to condemn his emergency declaration, or he would have to give up on declaring an emergency in the first place?

TlalocW

[Hermit-The-Prog]

13. Brennan Center analysis

A Guide to Emergency Powers and Their Use