GOP Working To Save Face On Vote Disapproving Of Trump's Emergency Declaration
WASHINGTON ― Republicans are mounting a last-minute effort to save face on a potentially embarrassing vote in the Senate later this week disapproving of President Donald Trump’s national emergency declaration, which would let the administration divert billions of programs from the Department of Defense to build his wall on the southern border.
Several GOP senators who expressed concern about the declaration on constitutional grounds met privately with Vice President Mike Pence on Tuesday to discuss possibly amending the National Emergencies Act to reassert Congress’ role in the process in the future. The group included Sens. Thom Tillis (N.C.) and Lamar Alexander (Tenn.), who publicly said the declaration ran afoul of the Constitution earlier this month, as well as some members who have raised concerns in private, like Sens. Pat Toomey (Pa.) and Mike Lee (Utah).
Tillis, who is up for re-election next year, did not say whether he was backing off his vocal opposition to the declaration after meeting with Pence on Tuesday.
He didn’t have to change my mind,” he told reporters when asked if the vice president had done so.
GOP senators also discussed a number of different proposals to revisit the law ― either before the disapproval vote or at a later date ― during a weekly conference lunch, in hopes of alleviating concern among about a dozen members who are said to be weighing whether to oppose the president on the matter. It’s unclear, however, whether Republicans can reach agreement on how to amend the law and get Trump on board before the expected Senate vote on Thursday.
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Don't these dufuses need House approval to revise the statute?
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