Posted on 03/17/2019 10:14:39 AM PDT by McQ444
President Donald Trump signed his first veto Friday as he took action to block moves designed to sabotage his national emergency declaration on border security.As promised, President Trump saved his declaration against a resolution passed by the House and Senate to end the emergency at the US Southern Border.The move against the emergency was intended to halt construction of the long-promised border wall and twelve Senate Republicans sided with Democrats on the issue.
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Had the senate voted with pdjt, the matter wouldn’t have even been returned to the whites house ( thus, the president would not have had anything requiring a veto and he would have been able to build the walk without the spectacle we’ve witnessed).
One of them is our own(Bleeaachhh)Toomey. I hope someone primaries him, but the clique here in Pennsyltucky is so strong, anyone else wouldn’t get any traction.
Too bad. He sounds very much in need of replacement.
Did the decrease in Presidential vetoes correspond to a decrease in Congressional bills submitted for signature? or it is a case where Congress does more talking than doing, and the executive branch takes more actions without specific congressional law making about it?
And let’s watch the override vote to see if any other goof ball GOPee senators show their colors.
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