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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

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Mon Feb 25, 2019, 03:38 PM Feb 2019

Trump warns GOP senators wavering on emergency declaration

President Donald Trump issued a warning Monday to GOP senators considering voting to block his declaration of a national emergency at the southern border, suggesting that those who do have fallen into a “trap” set by Democrats.

“I hope our great Republican Senators don’t get led down the path of weak and ineffective Border Security,” he wrote on Twitter. “Without strong Borders, we don’t have a Country - and the voters are on board with us. Be strong and smart, don’t fall into the Democrats “trap” of Open Borders and Crime!”

The House is set to vote on Tuesday on a resolution of disapproval that would block the president's national emergency declaration. The measure is expected to easily pass the House before heading to the Senate, which will be forced to vote on the measure.

Though Republicans have a slight majority in the Senate, the resolution requires only a simple majority to pass, meaning only a small handful of GOP votes would be needed to join with Democrats in order to send the measure to the president's desk. Trump would be almost sure to veto the resolution if it were to pass both houses of Congress, all but killing it, since the measure would not likely have sufficient support to override that veto.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/trump-warns-gop-senators-wavering-on-emergency-declaration/ar-BBU3IFQ?li=BBnb7Kz

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Trump warns GOP senators wavering on emergency declaration (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Feb 2019 OP
The value in this move is less about actually blocking the emergency declaration. CincyDem Feb 2019 #1
I agree. nt Andy823 Feb 2019 #2

CincyDem

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1. The value in this move is less about actually blocking the emergency declaration.
Mon Feb 25, 2019, 03:46 PM
Feb 2019

It’s more about forcing republicans to take an individual on the record stand.

We won’t get veto proof majorities in either chamber so the judiciary will be the battleground for implementation.

Getting these guys in the record will be a key part of the down ticket 2030 races. IMHO.

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