Putting Americans first by securing the border scares congress.
Via BI:
The Senate is poised to pass a resolution terminating President Donald Trump’s use of emergency powers to reprogram federal funds to build additional physical barriers along the United States border with Mexico, after a handful of Republicans announced they would back the Democrat-led legislation.
Trump would ultimately veto the resolution as it lacks a strong enough majority. Still, the resolution coming from a GOP-led Senate would represent a significant blow to the president on one of the most controversial decisions of his administration.
The resolution, first introduced by Democratic Rep. Joaquin Castro of Texas, already passed the House in February. The House resolution passed with unanimous support from Democrats, while 13 Republicans crossed the aisle to rebuke Trump’s executive action.
While Republicans were at first critical of using emergency powers to build a border wall, most have backed Trump’s decision, including Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell. The Senate is now fairly split, with every Democrat backing an identical version of the resolution.
But a few Senate Republicans have left the pack. Sens. Thom Tillis of North Carolina, Susan Collins of Maine, Lisa Murkowski of Alaska have all said they would support a resolution terminating the emergency declaration.
And on Sunday, Trump ally Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky outlined his support for the resolution in an op-ed for Foxnews.com. Paul’s support would tip the scale to give the resolution a simple majority of 51 votes. It is still unclear when a vote will take place.