Senate Democrats Try to Block ‘Emergency Funds’ For President Trump’s Border Wall

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Senate Democrats Try to Block ‘Emergency Funds’ For President Trump’s Border Wall
by Cristina Laila February 4, 2019

Senate Democrats introduced a bill Monday to block ’emergency funds’ for President Trump’s border wall.

The legislation, sponsored by Senator Tom Udall (D-NM), would prevent President Trump from using funds from the Army Corps of Engineers or the Department of Defense’s military accounts to be used to fund his border wall should he declare a national emergency.

The Hill reported:

    The legislation would prevent Trump from using funding from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers civil works funds and military construction funding “for the construction of barriers, land acquisition, or any other associated activities on the southern border without specific statutory authorization from Congress” if he declared a national emergency.

    Sen. Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) added that the bill would “prevent funds designated for critical military construction and disaster response” from being used to build the wall in the event Trump declares a national emergency.

    More than a dozen Democrats, including Udall and Heinrich, introduced the Restrictions Against Illegitimate Declarations for Emergency Re-appropriations Act. Among the RAIDER Act’s supporters are Sens. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.) and Cory Booker (D-N.J.), who are both running for the party’s 2020 nomination.

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The legislation would prevent Trump from using funding from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers civil works funds and military construction funding “for the construction of barriers, land acquisition, or any other associated activities on the southern border without specific statutory authorization from Congress” if he declared a national emergency.

I guess they recognize he does have a right to do this.

The key under the existing law is to deny a majority vote in the Senate opposing the declaration. The law was written so the Congress can react to declaration enabling the POTUS to act quickly instead of waiting for Congress to pass legislation. If Congress wants to rebuke (nullify) the declaration they need a majority vote in the House and Senate within 14 days of the declaration being made.

If the rinos side with the Rats in the Senate the Pubs can forget seeing a majority in 2020.