Posted on 09/25/2019 10:40:46 AM PDT by BeauBo
Senators voted Wednesday to rebuke President Trump and cancel his border emergency, saying he overstepped his powers in grabbing $3.6 billion Congress approved for military construction projects and instead spending it on his campaign promise to build a border wall.
The 54-41 vote is unlikely to stop the president, though. While the measure is likely to pass the House, a veto is expected — and Wednesday’s tally showed there are more than enough Republicans ready to sustain Mr. Trump...
The vote was a do-over. Congress held a similar vote in March, after Mr. Trump, furious that Congress approved only $1.375 billion in its 2019 spending bills for wall construction, declared a border emergency and said he would siphon nearly $7 billion from other accounts to use for the wall.
Both the House and Senate voted to overturn the emergency, but Mr. Trump issued a veto and it was sustained
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So those Senators are all on the cheap labor express eh?
The funds were allocated for military construction projects.
The President is Commander-in-Chief of the US military.
The southern border is a security threat to the US.
The President orders the border to be secured.
The Senate votes in an attempt to usurp the President of his Constitutional duty to protect the United States.
Our duty is to take names.
“Roger Wicker (Miss.)”
Some hick with ties to a certain chicken processing plant a little butthurt?
I’m not even remotely interested in what BS “libertarian” excuse he has on this one.
The usual suspects. What else is new? Still makes me furious.
So their goal is to keep the constitutional powers, all the time knowing that their vote is really just keeping that situation sound, while giving the president what he wants?
Rand Paul WTF pull your head out of your ass.
GOP Sens. Lamar Alexander (Tenn.), Roy Blunt (Mo.), Susan Collins (Maine), Mike Lee (Utah), Jerry Moran (Kansas), Lisa Murkowski (Alaska), Rand Paul (Ky.), Rob Portman (Ohio), Mitt Romney (Utah), Pat Toomey (Pa.) and Roger Wicker (Miss.) voted to end he president’s declaration.
Marco Rubio of Florida, who previously voted to disapprove of the emergency declaration did not vote.
The GOP as party is failing to support a national security plank in it’s platform. They are all responsible. I’m not really interested in individual votes. They all own it.
I hear ya. Same here.
Look at this illustrious group Rand has joined on this.
Rand is a virtue signalling open borders libertarian. Always has been, always will be.
“So this is what the senate is working on? mcconnel is a POS and is as corrupt as anyone in dc.”
It will be vetoed and the veto will not be overturned. This is McConnell telling his caucus to do what they think is best to hold their seats. It’s typical.
The usual @$$ suspects.
How in the world do we vote these OpenBorders/Globalist/ChamberOfCommerce who-ares out??
He and his father are birds of a feather.
They both like(d) to act as if they know better than everyone else from time to time, despite the down side.
The SCOTUS has spoken on this. Paul has no excuse, and neither do the others.
It will be vetoed and the veto will not be overturned. This is McConnell telling his caucus to do what they think is best to hold their seats. It’s typical.
As opposed to swing district Democrats getting on the impeachment train.
So, in reality, what we have here is opposition to the MAGA agenda by the open borders GOP. Alexander is retiring. Wicker is totally safe, etc., etc.
That was my way of agreeing with you, which I do.
Little Rand Paul is a pip squeak.
The usual suspects...
Well his father was an anti military nutburger.
So tell me what is the GOP F’ing good for?
And people are sure the senate wont convict?
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