Mike Lee, Mitt Romney vote to block Trump's national emergency declarationKSL.com, Mar 15, 2019, Dennis Romboy
SALT LAKE CITY — Utah's two senators were among a dozen Republicans voting to buck President Donald Trump's declaration of a national emergency for funds to build a wall on the southern border.
Both Sen. Mike Lee and Sen. Mitt Romney voted for the Democratic measure to disapprove Trump's order, which passed 59-41. The House previously passed the resolution.
Lee in a Senate floor speech blamed Congress for "voluntarily" relinquishing its legislative power to the White House.
"This is not about the president. This is not about my disagreement with or disapproval of the president or his approach to border security or his approach to build a barrier along our southern border. I think all those things need to happen,†Lee, R-Utah, said.
"But this law, Mr. President, is wrong. It’s not President Trump's fault. It Congress'."
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After weeks of holding his decision close to the vest, Romney, R-Utah, said early Thursday's that he would vote for the resolution to disapprove the emergency declaration.
"This is a vote for the Constitution and for the balance of powers that is at its core. For the executive branch to override a law passed by Congress would make it the ultimate power rather than a balancing power," Romney said in a statement.
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