House Republicans are pursuing an effort to pull back the president’s authority to declare national emergencies — but only after the GOP shows support for Donald Trump’s use of emergency powers on the House floor Tuesday
.interview that he plans to unveil a bipartisan resolution on Wednesday that would require Congress to approve an executive declaration within 60 days or else it expires. Under current law, lawmakers have the option to disapprove of a president’s national emergency, but congressional approval is not required. And the president can veto a disapproval resolution.
“I do believe the president’s declaration, under existing law, is founded in fact. But I do not like the fact that the president has this authority,” Reed said. “It gives a tremendous amount of authority to the president, and we need to change the actual structure.”Sign up for POLITICO Playbook and get the latest news, every morning — in your inbox.By signing up you agree to receive email newsletters or alerts from POLITICO. You can unsubscribe at any time.
“There’s huge discussions going on” among Republicans about reining in the National Emergencies Act, said Freedom Caucus member Rep. Morgan Griffith “It is widespread.” The GOP-led effort comes in response to Trump issuing a national emergency declaration to bypass Congress and build a border wall, one of his chief campaign promises that he has failed so far to deliver on. Declaring an emergency unlocks certain powers for the president, such as the ability to tap funds from existing places in the budget to address the crisis at hand.
Republicans, however, were deeply uncomfortable with Trump’s power play on the wall, raising concern that a future Democratic president could issue an emergency declaration for things like gun control or climate change.
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