Posted on 03/03/2019 10:54:51 AM PST by jazusamo
Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky says he will back a resolution that blocks President Trump’s declaration of an emergency at the southern U.S. border, giving it the votes needed to pass but not enough to turn back a presidential veto.
Mr. Paul, a Republican, announced his decision during a Saturday speech at Western Kentucky University, according to the Bowling Green Daily News.
“I can’t vote to give the president the power to spend money that hasn’t been appropriated by Congress,” Mr. Paul said. “We may want more money for border security, but Congress didn’t authorize it. If we take away those checks and balances, it’s a dangerous thing.”
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I guess Rand forgot about the Border Fence Act of 2006, passed with overwhelming bi-partisan majorities.
The broken border is a national security emergency. Don’t vote for the Pelosi resolution. Don’t vote against the President fixing the broken border.
Where was Rand Paul’s resolution against Obama’s “national security emergency” declarations? It didn’t happen.
The emergency Powers Act would have never been chosen if Congress could actually pass something aligned with what the public thanks is a prudent course of action on the border. But Congress is not listening to the people that elected them.
Trump's emergency declaration has the votes to withstand a veto override. The problem is the signal that "both houses of Congress opposed" will send to the Supreme Court when they get this "separation of powers" case.
Yes, in an ideal world congress should or would appropriate funds.
However, we are no longer in an ideal world and this attitude was nowhere to be found under the last President so this is one of those “hold your nose votes” the left makes with no problem or qualms.
They fight with everything they have and we don’t. It seems inevitable that the republicrats will one day sit in the losers bracket patting themselves on the back that “at least we did it right.” Sigh.
While he has a point in principle the constitution is very clear to me that border control is a matter of national defense so there have been many other “emergency declarations” on far shakier ground than this one.
Thank you, Eleutheria5, for clarifying exactly what Team Constitution means, and why POTUS is right (again).
To heck with Rue Paul. He’s one of the usual suspects that tends to grab defeat, from the jaws of victory :(
Imagine 12 million people who are already here coming out of the shadows to become new taxpayers.That was back in 2013, as part of a speech before the so-called National Hispanic Christian Leadership Conference and Latino Partnership for Conservative Principles.
Indeed so.
I don’t recall if Rand ever met any Angel Moms. Did he?
I cant agree with your point on the constitution. I doubt he knows that much about what the founders meant when they wrote it.
The funny part is, that he is against any foreign military interventions, which I might agree with on some points, but he is against any defense/security against foreign invasions.
How the hell does that make any sense?
Maybe they might give him a tune up much like his neighbor did, and rightly so.
“You don’t think it will be stalled in the courts?”
While there is certainly a large number of Federal judges out there who believe they have power and authority to stop actions of the Executive in an “emergency”, it’s not likely the USSC would eventually agree with them.
It really boils down to whether the Executive is willing to ceded that power to the Courts, when it’s apparent he is not willing to cede it to the Congress.
Especially after the Congress has formally ceded the power to the Executive via statute.
The singular and exclusive remedy for an Executive acting under Emergency is Impeachment and Removal.
I agree wholeheartedly! Plus no section 8 for illegals and their anchor babies. Americans first! Homelessness in America of Americans is rampant. You rarely see homeless illegals cause they just have or import another kid.
The Pauls are a bunch of faggots
Hey Einstein, Team Constitution is about to veto this bullshit.
Where was he during the Iran payoff?
In some DC whorehouse, smoking dope and practicing sodomy - with the rest of the libertarians.
Paul is a libertarian, like his nutball dad - which means he is in favor of:
legalized drugs
legalized prostitution
legalized abortion
legalized same-sex marriage
legalized sodomy
legalized pedophilia and pederasty
legalized bestiality ...
And legalization of just about anything else under the sun that we used to consider godless, immoral and within the realm of sociopaths and other assorted reprobates.
“Why is this prick still in office?”
It’s Kentucky ...
Que up the ‘Dueling Banjos’ theme.
“You sure got a purdy mouth there, boy.”
Having open borders is a dangerous thing, DUMBASS...do you have a plan to fix that? Why are we here?
Your 'virtue' does not impress me at all!
Rand Paul is putting on the Ritz for his libertarian donors and supporters. Can someone tell Rand Paul that you can’t have libertarianism in an open borders country. The Central Americans and other illegals who are streaming in here are natural born socialists.
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