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Graham: 'Handful' of GOP senators will vote to block Trump's emergency declaration
The Hill ^ | February 22, 2019 | Jordain Carney

Posted on 02/22/2019 9:58:58 AM PST by jazusamo

Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) predicted on Friday that a "handful" of Republicans will back a resolution to block President Trump's emergency declaration to construct the U.S.-Mexico border wall.

"A handful. …[But] there will be enough to sustain a veto," Graham told Fox News , asked how many Republicans would vote with Democrats in the Senate.

Graham didn't offer a specific number for how many of his Republican colleagues he thinks will back the resolution.

He said that he would "absolutely not" vote for the Democrat-led resolution, adding that he is "100 percent with the president."

Graham, who has emerged as a vocal ally for Trump in the Senate, also accused Democrats of "hypocrisy" on border security and argued they were opposing the president's plan because "they just hate Trump."

"I hope Republicans will not reward this quite frankly," Graham added on Friday.

Trump announced last week that he would declare a national emergency to construct the U.S.-Mexico border wall after Congress passed a bill that gave him $1.375 billion — well below the $5.7 billion that he requested.

The move sparked a political firestorm with lawmakers preparing to try to derail his emergency declaration.

The House is expected to vote on a resolution on Tuesday that would block the declaration.

Rep. Justin Amash (R-Mich.) is the only Republican co-sponsor of the House resolution, so far, though Democrats are expected to try to pick up more bipartisan support.

Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) said in a Thursday statement that Senate Democrats would introduce a companion resolution "soon," and urged Republicans to support the measure.

If all 47 Democrats voted for the resolution to block the declaration, they would need to win over four Republicans to send the measure to Trump's desk, where White House officials expect he would use his first veto so far into his term.

Several Republican senators have raised concerns about, or voiced objections to, Trump's emergency declaration, raising the prospects that a resolution could pass the chamber initially.

But Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) is the only Republican senator who has said that she would vote for the resolution.

"I don't know what the vote situation will be in the Senate, nor do I know exactly what that resolution will say, but it is a privileged matter. That means that it will come before the Senate for a vote, and if it's a clean disapproval resolution, I will support it," she told reporters in Maine on Wednesday.


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Maine; US: Michigan; US: Minnesota; US: South Carolina
KEYWORDS: 116th; bordersecurity; buildthewall; emergencydeclaration; graham; ilhanomar; jordaincarney; justinamash; lindseygraham; maine; michigan; minnesota; obstructionistdems; rashidatlaib; resolution; southcarolina; susancollins; ushouse; ussenate
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To: All

Oh yes. We can primary them but they dont give a s^%t. Not one iota.

By then, these c-suckers will have pilfered all the money they can and will leave extremely wealthy.

Then, the next crop elected will be spoiled by the rotten SOBs remaining within that sloppy cess pool.

There is but one way to solve the problem and you all and I know what that is.


21 posted on 02/22/2019 10:09:21 AM PST by crz
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To: jazusamo

Same tired old aholes ..another day.


22 posted on 02/22/2019 10:09:47 AM PST by Leep (It's.. (W)all or nothing..!)
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To: lee martell

I believe the writer needs to go back to English classes, the Rats will not get the GOP votes to override a veto.


23 posted on 02/22/2019 10:10:07 AM PST by jazusamo (Have You Donated to Keep Free Republic Up and Running?)
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To: Liz

Very good post...Explains a lot...


24 posted on 02/22/2019 10:10:22 AM PST by JBW1949 (I'm really PC....PATRIOTICALLY CORRECT!!!!)
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To: jazusamo

Figures..and I bet these are the same people who in 2017 would have blocked President Trump’s bill for a wall..so in a way Paul Ryan, yeah he’s a jackass but he was right when he told Trump they would vote against him the GOP wants open borders for cheap labor, the Dems want them here for votes, its really that simple


25 posted on 02/22/2019 10:12:50 AM PST by Sarah Barracuda
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To: Artemis Webb
Murkowski, Collins, Rubio...

Forgot Romney

26 posted on 02/22/2019 10:13:03 AM PST by TruthWillWin ([[[MSM]]])
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To: crz

First we have a coup and now a Civil War and an invasion on our southern border. And these Chaplitos go over to the other side. Pond scum


27 posted on 02/22/2019 10:13:37 AM PST by magua
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To: jazusamo; lee martell

I was concerned after my glance at the article, but sustain is the opposite of override.


28 posted on 02/22/2019 10:13:46 AM PST by Jeff Chandler (Every time a lefty cries "racism", a Trump voter gets his wings.)
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To: TruthWillWin

I WISH I could forget Romney!


29 posted on 02/22/2019 10:14:02 AM PST by Artemis Webb
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To: jazusamo

It is amazing to see just how united the uniparty is against the wall. Screw the will of the American people who desire border security the cheap labor and votes must flow.


30 posted on 02/22/2019 10:14:13 AM PST by datricker (Cut Taxes Repeal ACA Deport DACA - Americans First, Build the Wall, Lock her up MAGA!)
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To: TruthWillWin

The women have pus*y hats in their closets. And Rubio never learned how to be a rest American.


31 posted on 02/22/2019 10:15:30 AM PST by magua
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To: jazusamo

I wouldn’t bet money on it.

Alexander, Graham, McSally, Murkowsky, Hoeven, Rubio, Tillis, Burr, Lankford, Gardner, Cornyn, Hyde-Smith, Collins, Sasse, Kennedy, Shelby, Ernst, Blunt, McConnell, Wicker, Portman, Isakson, Johnson, Toomey, Rounds, Thune, Daines, Barasso and Enzi are all Bush League Republicans.


32 posted on 02/22/2019 10:15:48 AM PST by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizen Means Born Here of Citizen Parents_Know Islam, No Peace-No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: Lurkinanloomin

Knock it off. We need all the help we can get and Graham is helping. You can’t predict the future for s#it.

Save your snark and anger for those who truly deserve it.


33 posted on 02/22/2019 10:19:19 AM PST by bigbob (Trust Trump. Trust the Plan.)
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To: Jeff Chandler

That’s what I thought.
It threw me off.
I’m just trying to keep up with the rest of the class.
So much is going on now, seen and never to be seen.


34 posted on 02/22/2019 10:21:00 AM PST by lee martell
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To: jazusamo

The reason some of these republicans give for not supporting the resolution is that it may set a precedent for a Democrat president to declare emergencies in other situations. GIVE ME A BREAK! Th Democrats will if in office engage in any kind of Emergency resolution that fits there scenarios regardless of what Trump does now. The same stupid scenario applies to the 60 Vote Rule in the Senate. Mc Connell says he wants to keep it for fear the Dems. if in the Majority will use it to pass their favorite legislation. That is a bunch of BS as Mitch knows if the Dems. gain the Majority, they will do it anyway. He uses this excuse to block legislation he and his donors (AKA US Chamber of Commerce)don’t wan, but also don’t want to show the reality of being Anti Trump.


35 posted on 02/22/2019 10:21:40 AM PST by Old Retired Army Guy
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To: jazusamo

Come on RomneeeSlut, show those true colors.


36 posted on 02/22/2019 10:22:04 AM PST by Democrats hate too much
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To: jazusamo

As long as those backstabbing republicans know that any American blood spilled by invaders and will be on their hands.


37 posted on 02/22/2019 10:23:01 AM PST by jersey117
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To: bigbob

Keep voting for Amnesty Senators and you will get amnesty.

Graham has supported EVERY amnesty attempt since he got into the Senate.


38 posted on 02/22/2019 10:23:13 AM PST by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizen Means Born Here of Citizen Parents_Know Islam, No Peace-No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: jazusamo; kabar; All

I’m curious. Is a “resolution” an actual binding law? I always thought it was merely an expression of opinion, e.g. a “sense of the Senate” statement. If so, why is no one pointing out this distinction?


39 posted on 02/22/2019 10:24:33 AM PST by tarheelswamprat
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To: Lurkinanloomin

With respect, for one you listed Graham and he just said in the article he would not vote for the resolution, the Rats would have to get 14 GOP votes to override and that ain’t gonna happen.


40 posted on 02/22/2019 10:26:16 AM PST by jazusamo (Have You Donated to Keep Free Republic Up and Running?)
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