Democrats to vote against Trump's border wall, then discuss it afterwards

[mystery-ak]

Democrats to vote against Trump's border wall, then discuss it afterwards
by Susan Ferrechio
 | February 25, 2019 02:39 PM



In a rush to block President Trump’s border wall, House Democrats will vote to overturn Trump's declaration of a border emergency without even holding a hearing on the issue to discuss it.

House Judiciary Committee Democrats announced they will hold a hearing Thursday on Trump’s emergency declaration - two days after the House is scheduled to vote on a resolution aimed at blocking Trump.

It's the kind of departure from "regular order" that the minority often complains about, regardless of which political party is in charge. This time around, the Democratic majority is defending the move to rush the measure to a vote.

A top Democratic aide said the vote is happening quickly and without a hearing in part because because Trump’s move to redirect federal money is “an emergency situation.”

Trump this month declared a national emergency to justify using $3.6 billion in military construction funding to build physical barriers along the southern border.

In the hours following Trump’s announcement, Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler, D-N.Y., sent the president a letter opposing the declaration and announcing his plan to grill White House officials about it at a hearing now scheduled for Thursday. By then, the resolution will already be in the Senate, where lawmakers will have 15 days to take it up for a vote.

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https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/congress/democrats-ditch-regular-order-to-quickly-vote-against-trumps-border-wall

[txradioguy]

It's the kind of departure from "regular order"

Which is exactly how Nancy likes it.