Marco Rubio of Florida, who previously voted to disapprove of the emergency declaration did not vote.
Sens. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Cory Booker (D-N.J.), Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Kamala Harris (D-Calif.) — all 2020 candidates — also did not vote.
The National Emergencies Act, that President Trump is using to divert $3.6 billion to building border wall, allows for Congress to re-vote on the emergency every six months. So this is just a routine action - not significant. The President will just veto it, like the last time.
67 Senators are required to overturn a veto, so this is a better result than the last time around - No Problem.
Democrats like the votes, Republicans like the low wages.
“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...”
WINNING!
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.)
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Bush League Republicans MUST become extinct before the Republic does.
These senators are insane and evil.
They want to keep getting reelected, but refuse to help and protect the American people, which is their duty.
Soros probably paid them off, and they took it.
Evil criminals.
Its going to be vetoed. This is going nowhere and it will be sustained.
This is really shocking to me. I actually looked for the sarcasm tag. Why would these people do this? Is the swamp still that big?
Are these the same Republicans who would vote to impeach President Trump?
So this is what the senate is working on? mcconnel is a POS and is as corrupt as anyone in dc.
Just pointing out that Ben Sasse (Bigmouth-NE) voted with Trump on this.
WTH?
People wonder why I don’t fawn over Rand Paul.
He’s a swamp dweller too much of the time, and he should know better.
If you look at this the way cynical politicians do it was a free vote because everyone knows this will be vetoed.
Look at this illustrious group Rand has joined on this.
All he would have to do is look at the others, to know he was really off base here.
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?
The usual suspects. What else is new? Still makes me furious.
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.