SRN: WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. House of Representatives failed on Tuesday to override President Donald Trump’s first veto, leaving in place the “national emergency” he declared last month to build a U.S.-Mexico border wall that Congress has not funded.
Democrats who control the House did not attract enough Republican support to reach the two-thirds majority vote needed to overturn Trump’s veto. Just 14 Republicans joined 234 Democrats in voting to override, one more Republican than had bucked Trump in a previous House vote on the border wall emergency.
With the 248-181 tally, Trump is now likely to continue scouring federal accounts for money he wants redirected to wall construction projects.
But the battle over his emergency declaration also shifts to the courts, with various legal challenges already underway. A coalition of 16 states sued in February to block Trump’s move.
Trump declared the national emergency on Feb. 15 in an attempt to bypass Congress and move taxpayer funds for the wall away from other uses already approved by Congress. Bipartisan majorities of both the House and Senate rejected his move, voting to terminate the emergency before the president vetoed their resolution on March 15.
Democrats argued the Republican president had overstepped his authority by going around Congress’ refusal to fund a border wall, because the legislature has the power to control spending under the U.S. Constitution. more
SO BUILD IT ALREADY!!!!!
They knew it would be vetoed and they wouldn’t be able to override the veto when they passed it.
So why did they waste their effort and the taxpayers time and money in the first place?
They’re stalling for time instead of trying to get anything productive done. Meanwhile future voters are streaming across the border who’ll give them the edge in all future elections.
Even if we stop them from voting they’ll still bleed us dry in short order with the strain on social services etc.
…”obama” had this trick of immediately spending any money he thought was dubiously sourced and may be cut off. He did this most prominently going into the 2012 elections, where he wasn’t sure he’d get re-elected (He knew about Benghazi, but he wasn’t sure if WE would, turns out we didn’t until too late), so he spent up a bunch of Obamacare money that wasn’t supposed to be spent until later, so it could never be gotten back.
Perhaps, in this ONE case, our President should take a page from “Obama’s” playbook and do the same with the Wall money…
I saw on another thread on this site a link to a story about FEMA detainment centers. In conspiracy theory circles these camps are for conservatives.
If they do exist, why aren’t the illegals shuttled directly there?
What did those 14 Republicans sell out for? It’s all about backdoor deals. Those 14 Republicans are part of the problem as well and need to go.
Amash MI
Herrera Beutler WA
Katko NY
Rooney FL
Upton Ml
Fitzpatrick PA
Hurd TX
Massie KY
Sensenbrenner WI
Walden OR
Gallagher WI
Johnson SD
Rodgers WA
Stefanik NY
“Democrats (Uniparty) argued the Republican president had overstepped his authority by going around Congress’ refusal to fund a border wall, because the legislature has the power to control spending under the U.S. Constitution”
This was the Rand Paul,/ Justin Amish stupid argument that Trump had the CONSTITUTIONAL AUTHORITY to check and balance. If they don’t spend the money….we gotta suffer??? Thank God Almighty We have a CEO as defined by the Constition to check and balance this intellectual vapidity poising as valor.
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I’m sure the left has a few more pet judges in their pocket to cause the People more obstruction.
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Hurd in TX is an open-borders, luv dem dreamers piece of treacherous trash.
Damn straight he needs to be gone.
Gin Blossom: They’re not only future voters they are a military force to be used by the dems if things get “dicey”.
All the liberal tears this week! I need to get some knee high muck boots!
16 states are manning lawsuits over the border wall, yet there are only 4 states that should have any say in it at all. CA, AZ, NM, TX, are the only states that have a dog in this fight, the rest just need to shut the hell up.
“So why did they waste their effort and the taxpayers time and money in the first place?”
Because Brennan told them that the Mueller Report would take out Trump before he could veto them.
As the phony political “Build the Wall Game” continues, how many illegals are daily getting in?
https://www.npr.org/2019/03/26/706583199/a-surge-of-migrants-strains-border-patrol-as-el-paso-becomes-latest-hot-spot
House Armed Services chairman denies $1 billion transfer for Trump wall
March 27, 2019 – News
http://www.cuzzblue.com/2019/03/house-armed-services-chairman-denies-1.html
‘I need to get some knee high muck boots!’
Beachmom, Since it’s come to this, I’m looking my-self for some Knee-High Capping *uck boots,,,
I see my RINO Republican Rep. Greg Walden is still voting like a democrat. I sure as hell hope someone primaries that prick out in 2020.