*Democrats may have votes to block Trump's border emergency in U.S. Senate*

[SummerSnow]

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-congress/democrats-may-have-votes-to-block-trumps-border-emergency-in-us-senate-idUSKCN1QK0OP

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican U.S. Senator Rand Paul said he would vote in favor of a resolution to end President Donald Trump’s U.S.-Mexico border emergency declaration, according to a media report, likely giving Democrats the votes to pass the measure in the Senate.

Trump, who has promised to issue his first veto if the Senate approves the resolution, declared an emergency last month in a bid to fund a wall along the border without congressional approval.

While the Senate appears unlikely to muster the two-thirds majority needed to override a veto, passage in the Republican-controlled chamber would be an embarrassment for the president, who has failed over more than two years in office to persuade Congress to fund his wall, a central promise of his presidential campaign.

“I can’t vote to give the president the power to spend money that hasn’t been appropriated by Congress,” Paul said in a speech on Saturday at Western Kentucky University, according to the Bowling Green Daily News.

“We may want more money for border security, but Congress didn’t authorize it. If we take away those checks and balances, it’s a dangerous thing,” he added.

[mr_lebowski]

1. Yeah, and I totally trust Rand Paul to stick to his so-called Principles ...

NOT!

Oh hai I know ... let's trust Susan Collins too, why don't we?!?

[Scurrilous]

2. ...

[Fullduplexxx]

3. They need enough to over-ride his veto

[at140]

5. Rand Paul & Susan Collins etc are just token gestures

Rand Paul & Susan Collins are just token gestures because even if 10 republican senators vote yes to stop emergency votes, that still leaves 43 votes oppose. Not enough to override veto.

[splat]

4. Yeah, but we can't override a veto...yet

Best case scenario is the Repubs convince him to withdraw it rather than force a vote to override the veto. There are a lot of people who know the three house of government must not be blurred, never mind Trump loyalty.

Congress can't give up its power of the purse so Trump can override their "no" vote on the wall. If they do, they make him a dictator.

[no_hypocrisy]

6. But will McConnell even let it come up for a vote to begin with . . . . . . ?

[jcgoldie]

7. Not sure why but its been reported he cant stop it

...

[janterry]

8. I thought he has to

This is not a bill he can hold back.