White House pleads with Senate GOP on emergency declaration
By Alexander Bolton - 02/26/19 08:22 PM EST
Vice President Pence rushed to the Senate on Tuesday in a last-ditch effort to convince GOP senators to oppose a resolution approved by the House that would block President Trump’s emergency declaration to build a wall on the Mexican border.
Pence lunched with Senate Republicans hours before the House vote, but remarks after the meeting pointed to the tall task he and the White House face in stopping the resolution.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) went as far as saying that he’s not sure the declaration is legal, a statement unlikely to give pause to senators thinking about opposing Trump.
“I haven’t reached a total conclusion,†McConnell told reporters when asked for his personal opinion on the legality of Trump’s move.
McConnell said that while he graduated from law school, he’s not an expert on constitutional questions of separations of power.
McConnell said Tuesday that he expects the resolution to receive a vote before the Senate leaves for its next recess March 15.
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