The Senate is set to vote Thursday on the House-passed resolution to terminate the president's move to skirt Congress to get billions for his wall.
Speaker Nancy Pelosi said the House will not take up a Senate resolution to repeal Trump's emergency declaration so he can build a border wall.Get breaking news alerts and special reports. The news and stories that matter, delivered weekday mornings.
"If we don't want our president acting like a king, we need to start taking back the legislative powers that allow him to do so," Lee said. "Some senators are in search of a fig leaf," Schumer said in remarks on the Senate floor."They come up with this idea that would change the emergency declaration for future moments. That will not pass."
"Republican Senators are overthinking tomorrow’s vote on National Emergency. It is very simply Border Security/No Crime — Should not be thought of any other way," he tweeted."We have a MAJOR NATIONAL EMERGENCY at our Border and the People of our Country know it very well!"
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