WH tells Senate Republicans to “keep their powder dry” on overturning emergency declaration

[Right_in_Virginia]

WH tells Senate Republicans to “keep their powder dry” on overturning emergency declaration
Hot Air, Mar 5, 2019,  Ed Morrissey

The White House told Senate Republicans on Monday to “keep their powder dry” ahead of a vote to nullify President Trump’s declaration of a national emergency at the U.S.-Mexico border as the administration worked to limit defections on a measure rebuking the president.

The message was delivered by Zach Parkinson, White House deputy director of government communications, in a meeting Monday morning with Senate Republican communications staffers, according to two people who attended the meeting.

It came as Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) predicted that the resolution to overturn Trump’s emergency declaration would pass in the Republican-led Senate — but not survive a veto. Over the weekend, Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) became the fourth Republican to announce he would vote for the disapproval resolution, ensuring its passage with unified Democratic support.

“Keep your powder dry” is clearly a euphemism for “keep your mouth shut.” Thus far it’s not working with GOP defectors on the emergency declaration, who have all gone public to explain why they’re balking at what they see as an abuse of executive power. One might think that the public statements of Paul and others are intended to get Trump to back down and sign off on the nullification, or withdraw the emergency declaration before it gets that far. If that’s the intent, the “keep [your] powder dry” response is a sure indication that no such retreat will be forthcoming. It’s a warning to dissident Republicans not to get out too far on that limb lest they be on the wrong side of it when it gets cut off.


More:  https://hotair.com/archives/2019/03/05/veto-watch-wh-tells-senate-republicans-keep-powder-dry-overturning-emergency-declaration/

[Right_in_Virginia]

FTA:

Rand Paul explained his decision to throw in with the Democratic nullification as a way to avoid charges of hypocrisy after his bitter criticism of Barack Obama for similar actions:  I would literally lose my political soul if I decided to treat President Trump different than President Obama. [...]

Paul’s explanation ignores one key difference between the two, however. When Obama created DACA and DAPA out of thin air, it was absent any specific legislative grant of authority. Trump’s emergency declaration falls squarely within the terrible National Emergencies Act of 1976, a bizarre statute that gives Trump all of the authority he needs to accomplish his mission along with no restrictions at all on what constitutes an “emergency.” This isn’t a case of abuse of power or using executive power to legislate — it’s a case of a Congress that likes to avoid tough votes finally getting hoist by its own petard. A petard, one should remember, that Congress has blithely ignored in 59 other uses, 31 of which remain in effect to this day.

[libertybele]

WH tells Senate Republicans to “keep their powder dry” on overturning emergency declaration
Hot Air, Mar 5, 2019,  Ed Morrissey

The White House told Senate Republicans on Monday to “keep their powder dry” ahead of a vote to nullify President Trump’s declaration of a national emergency at the U.S.-Mexico border as the administration worked to limit defections on a measure rebuking the president.

The message was delivered by Zach Parkinson, White House deputy director of government communications, in a meeting Monday morning with Senate Republican communications staffers, according to two people who attended the meeting.

It came as Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) predicted that the resolution to overturn Trump’s emergency declaration would pass in the Republican-led Senate — but not survive a veto. Over the weekend, Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) became the fourth Republican to announce he would vote for the disapproval resolution, ensuring its passage with unified Democratic support.

“Keep your powder dry” is clearly a euphemism for “keep your mouth shut.” Thus far it’s not working with GOP defectors on the emergency declaration, who have all gone public to explain why they’re balking at what they see as an abuse of executive power. One might think that the public statements of Paul and others are intended to get Trump to back down and sign off on the nullification, or withdraw the emergency declaration before it gets that far. If that’s the intent, the “keep [your] powder dry” response is a sure indication that no such retreat will be forthcoming. It’s a warning to dissident Republicans not to get out too far on that limb lest they be on the wrong side of it when it gets cut off.


More:  https://hotair.com/archives/2019/03/05/veto-watch-wh-tells-senate-republicans-keep-powder-dry-overturning-emergency-declaration/

With Trump signing a bill to allow states to opt out of a wall; the declaration seems kind of futile.  The wall won't get completed anyways.

[Chosen Daughter]

With Trump signing a bill to allow states to opt out of a wall; the declaration seems kind of futile.  The wall won't get completed anyways.

A few miles here and there isn't a wall, its a minor annoyance.

[Bill Cipher]

Too bad more of em wont vote against it. 

[TomSea]

With Trump signing a bill to allow states to opt out of a wall; the declaration seems kind of futile.  The wall won't get completed anyways.

If states can opt out or make it difficult to build the wall there, that's really on those states, if California and New Mexico don't want it, let the migrants flow in is all I can say.  Yes, that might be only a stopping point for the migrants in going to the rest of the US. NM desert is a bit hostile at that and NM is not that much of a migrant magnet versus where those people want to really go.