House fails to override Trump veto on southern border emergency
Source: Washington Post
President Trumps declaration of a national emergency at the U.S.-Mexico border survived a critical vote in the House on Tuesday, as Democrats failed to muster the necessary two-thirds majority to override his veto.
The vote was 248-181, well short of the 288 that would have been required. The vote effectively ends for now legislative attempts to strike down Trumps national emergency declaration. Now the fight over his attempt to circumvent Congress to get more money for his border wall will shift to the courts.
Congress sent Trump a bipartisan disapproval resolution earlier this month that sought to nullify the national emergency declaration. Lawmakers of both parties said the emergency declaration represented a dramatic intrusion into Congresss authority over government spending.
In floor debate ahead of the vote Tuesday, Democrats insisted Trump was violating the Constitutions separation of powers, while Republicans argued he was acting within his authority under the National Emergencies Act to address a genuine crisis at the southern border.
Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/powerpost/house-fails-to-override-trump-veto-on-southern-border-emergency/2019/03/26/41e5bfee-4fdb-11e9-a3f7-78b7525a8d5f_story.html
This was pretty much expected.
bluestarone
(17,101 posts)THEY have NOTHING to complain about right?
watoos
(7,142 posts)Global warming - national emergency
Gun deaths - national emergency
Unaffordable insurance, uninsured people - national health care emergency.
Air and water pollution - national emergency.
Foreign influence in our elections - national emergency
Voter suppression - national emergency
Elections where the votes can't be verified - national emergency.
Money in politics (looking at you justice Alito) - national emergency.
docgee
(870 posts)What you posted, that we now have precedence to do, is totally worth it.
beachbum bob
(10,437 posts)BumRushDaShow
(129,885 posts)and will be utilizing the courts. PLUS you have this - https://www.democraticunderground.com/100211958610
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BREAKING: .@RepAdamSmith @HASCDemocrats just denied DoD the ability to reprogram $1B in counterdrug $$$ for #BorderWall
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cstanleytech
(26,347 posts)and enacting medicare-for-all.
keithbvadu2
(37,011 posts)Of course they failed. Repubs had the power to override or not the fake emergency.
Democrats could not do it alone.
Fake emergency according to Trump's own words.
yaesu
(8,020 posts)for departments that are helping the fascists be fascists.
Cryptoad
(8,254 posts)think of all the shit we are going to fix when we get the whitehouse back!
marble falls
(57,427 posts)2020. A handful more House seats more would be nice.