Lindsey Graham predicts Trump will 'probably' declare emergency and build his wall without Congress
6 years, 1 month ago

Lindsey Graham predicts Trump will 'probably' declare emergency and build his wall without Congress

Daily Mail  

South Carolina Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham said Monday that unless Democrats in Congress agree to trade $5.7 billion in border wall money for extensions of two immigration programs, President Donald Trump will delare a national emergency and repurpose Defense Department money to build the barrier on his own. Sen. Lindsey Graham, a reliable ally of President Donald Trump, said Monday in a Greenville, South Carolina speech that the White House will 'go it alone' and build Trump's border wall without Congress if Democrats don't cut a deal with him President Trump, pictured Sunday with first lady Melania Trump at his golf course in West Palm beach, Florida, has hinted that he will delcare a national emergency and use existing Pentagon money to build his wall if Democrats don't give him $5.7 billion in new funding for the project U.S. military servicemen are shown installing razor wire at the U.S.-Mexico border on Sunday. Graham said he would blame Democratic lawmakers if a deal doesn't materialize, the Pentagon builds Trump's wall with repurposed money, and the DACA and TPS programs are left to wither on the vine. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi has pledged not to give Trump any taxpayer money for building the wall, his signature campagin promise; Graham says she has voted to fund similar projects in the past U.S. Army soldiers are on the border already, enhancing security on the U.S.-Mexico frontier and assisting ICE border agents If the president decides to disconnect Congress from construction of his border wall, he will sign a funding measure that reopens the government without the $5.7 billion he has asked for.

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Senate Republicans vow action to boost border funds after briefing with Trump officials
1 month, 1 week ago

Senate Republicans vow action to boost border funds after briefing with Trump officials

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Citing warnings from President Donald Trump’s border czar, Senate Republicans vowed Tuesday to move quickly on a budget plan that could pave the way for the passage of about $340 billion in additional border security and defense spending. “They need the money and they need it now.” Graham’s committee is taking up a budget plan for more border …

Republicans sink fresh bid to beef up U.S. border security
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Republicans sink fresh bid to beef up U.S. border security

Raw Story  

The U.S. Senate on Thursday rejected sweeping immigration reforms for the second time this year as Republicans again blocked what would have been the toughest border security package in decades, dismissing it as a Democratic "gimmick." Biden said in a statement Republicans had put partisan politics ahead of the country to reject "the toughest border enforcement in history," while Homeland …

Democrats in tight races support border bill despite past opposition to stricter asylum rules and border wall money
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Democrats in tight races support border bill despite past opposition to stricter asylum rules and border wall money

CNN  

CNN — Democrats were roundly united against former President Donald Trump’s immigration policies. A Rosen campaign spokesperson said in a statement to CNN that Rosen has “consistently fought for commonsense and bipartisan reforms to secure the border, fix our broken immigration system and keep our communities safe.” A spokesperson for Brown said that he, too, supported an opportunity for bipartisan …

Republicans Unite To Block Border Bill Again As Election Year Fight Heats Up
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Republicans Unite To Block Border Bill Again As Election Year Fight Heats Up

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING WASHINGTON — The Senate rejected for a second time a border security package Republicans helped draft in February before turning around and killing it at the demand of former President Donald Trump, their presumptive 2024 nominee, who didn’t want to give President Joe Biden an election-year win. “This bill today is a prop, it’s a pure messaging …

Schumer announces Senate to vote this week on previously blocked bipartisan border bill
10 months ago

Schumer announces Senate to vote this week on previously blocked bipartisan border bill

CNN  

CNN — Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, attempting to put political pressure on Republicans, announced Sunday that the chamber will vote this week on a long-negotiated bipartisan border bill that Republicans blocked earlier this year. The initial package, which included tough border provisions and foreign aid to US allies, was blocked in February by the Senate amid a torrent of …

Opinion: Playing ball on border bill comes back to bite Democrats
1 year, 1 month ago

Opinion: Playing ball on border bill comes back to bite Democrats

CNN  

Editor’s Note: Danielle Campoamor is a freelance writer formerly of TODAY and NBC. Trump has continuously lambasted the legislation, claiming on his makeshift social media platform Truth Social that “only a fool, or a Radical Left Democrat, would vote for this horrendous Border Bill.” His sycophantic followers in the House and the Senate have, of course, followed suit, with Republicans …

Senate GOP blocks border bill, Democrats shift focus to Israel and Ukraine aid
1 year, 1 month ago

Senate GOP blocks border bill, Democrats shift focus to Israel and Ukraine aid

NPR  

Senate GOP blocks border bill, Democrats shift focus to Israel and Ukraine aid Enlarge this image toggle caption J. Scott Applewhite/AP J. Scott Applewhite/AP Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said he will move to a "Plan B" to move aid to Ukraine and Israel following the failure of a vote to start debate on a bipartisan border security package. Sponsor …

Mitch McConnell admits $118billion border bill is DEAD just two days after a deal was reached: Defeated Republican leader facing calls to resign admits 'we have no chance to make a law' in farcical sc
1 year, 1 month ago

Mitch McConnell admits $118billion border bill is DEAD just two days after a deal was reached: Defeated Republican leader facing calls to resign admits 'we have no chance to make a law' in farcical sc

Daily Mail  

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell is now facing calls to resign and the GOP is in disarray after the House leadership and multiple senators vowed to never vote for the $118 billion border package. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell is facing much of the fury from Republicans opposing the border and foreign aid package Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell declared …

What is US Senate Border Security Bill? Donald Trump warns ‘this is a death wish’ for GOP
1 year, 1 month ago

What is US Senate Border Security Bill? Donald Trump warns ‘this is a death wish’ for GOP

Hindustan Times  

A $118 billion bill introduced by the Democrats in the US Senate would strengthen border security and provide Israel and Ukraine assistance amidst the ongoing wars. Republican presidential candidate and former U.S. President Donald Trump He added that the bill would be “dead on arrival” if it ever did make it to the floor of the House. Taking to X, …

Trump blasts $118billion border deal as a 'Democrat trap'
1 year, 1 month ago

Trump blasts $118billion border deal as a 'Democrat trap'

Daily Mail  

Former President Donald Trump has once again blasted the bipartisan border deal that is dividing congressional Republicans saying it's one of the 'dumbest bills' he has ever seen. Trump had already called it a 'ridiculous' border bill online and said it was 'nothing more than a highly sophisticated trap for Republicans to assume the blame on what the Radical Left …

Republicans at war over $118 BILLION border bill: Mitch McConnell faces fury over new law that would shut down border if crossings reach 5,000 a day and ends 'catch and release' as GOP colleagues say
1 year, 1 month ago

Republicans at war over $118 BILLION border bill: Mitch McConnell faces fury over new law that would shut down border if crossings reach 5,000 a day and ends 'catch and release' as GOP colleagues say

Daily Mail  

President Joe Biden says he supports the deal, which also includes aid to Israel, Taiwan and Ukraine House Speaker Mike Johnson has joined other Republicans who have already deemed the bipartisan Senate border deal 'dead on arrival' and dubbed the proposal 'worse than expected.' Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell is facing much of the fury from Republicans opposing the border …

Trump urges Republicans to reject border and Ukraine aid bill
1 year, 1 month ago

Trump urges Republicans to reject border and Ukraine aid bill

The Telegraph  

Donald Trump has told Republicans to reject a $118 billion bipartisan border deal which links tougher immigration laws and aid for Ukraine and Israel. Urging Senators to vote in favour of the bill on Wednesday, Joe Biden told Republicans to stop “playing politics” and pass the legislation. On Truth Social, he wrote: “Only a fool, or a Radical Left Democrat, …

Senate releases $118 BILLION border bill: Law that would shut border if there are 5,000 crossings a day and clamp down on asylum applications sparks fury from Republicans and Donald Trump for being 'W
1 year, 1 month ago

Senate releases $118 BILLION border bill: Law that would shut border if there are 5,000 crossings a day and clamp down on asylum applications sparks fury from Republicans and Donald Trump for being 'W

Daily Mail  

A bipartisan group of senators finally released the text of a sprawling immigration and security supplemental deal, but Republican intra-party warfare is likely to tank its passage. Speaker Johnson announced Saturday that the House separately will be bringing a 'clean, standalone' $17 billion Israel aide to the floor next week President Biden said 'I strongly support it' in a statement …

Trump Isn’t Calling Shots on GOP Border Stance, Johnson Says
1 year, 1 month ago

Trump Isn’t Calling Shots on GOP Border Stance, Johnson Says

Live Mint  

-- Speaker Mike Johnson vehemently denied that former President Donald Trump is setting the Republican congressional agenda on immigration and US border security. “We cannot wait any longer.” House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries echoed the White House in criticizing the Israel-only bill, while saying House Democrats would evaluate it even though it falls short by failing to support Ukraine and …

Negotiators release $118 billion border bill as GOP leaders call it dead in the House
1 year, 1 month ago

Negotiators release $118 billion border bill as GOP leaders call it dead in the House

NPR  

Negotiators release $118 billion border bill as GOP leaders call it dead in the House Enlarge this image toggle caption Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images; Samuel Corum/Getty Images Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images; Samuel Corum/Getty Images After months of negotiations, a trio of Senate negotiators unveiled a $118 billion bipartisan agreement to overhaul some key Biden administration immigration policies. Politics If the border deal …

Senators reach a deal on border policy bill. Now it faces an uphill fight to passage
1 year, 1 month ago

Senators reach a deal on border policy bill. Now it faces an uphill fight to passage

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Senate negotiators on Friday reached a deal on a proposal to overhaul the asylum system at the U.S. border with Mexico, clearing the way for Democratic and Republican Senate leaders to begin the difficult task of convincing Congress to pass a national security package that will include tens of billions of dollars for Ukraine and immigration enforcement, as …

Biden says he had to use Trump-era funds for the border wall. Asked if barriers work, he says ‘No’
1 year, 5 months ago

Biden says he had to use Trump-era funds for the border wall. Asked if barriers work, he says ‘No’

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden on Thursday defended his administration’s decision to waive 26 federal laws in South Texas to allow for construction of roughly 20 miles of additional border wall, saying he had no choice but to use the Trump-era funding for the barrier to stop illegal migration from Mexico. “I can’t stop that.” Still, the waiving of federal …

White House Issues Veto Threat For Border Bill As Pandemic Deportation Tool Expires
1 year, 10 months ago

White House Issues Veto Threat For Border Bill As Pandemic Deportation Tool Expires

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING WASHINGTON — The White House is threatening to veto a top-priority bill from House Republicans to crack down on illegal immigration at the Mexican border as the administration’s use of a pandemic-era tool to expel most migrants comes to an end. “This bill would make things worse, not better,” President Joe Biden’s Office of Management and Budget …

GOP embraces Trump during visit to Texas, border wall
3 years, 8 months ago

GOP embraces Trump during visit to Texas, border wall

Associated Press  

PHARR, Texas — Republican lawmakers traveled to Texas to cheer former President Donald Trump as he paid a visit to the southern border Wednesday and hammered the Biden administration for its immigration policies amid a decades-high spike in border crossings. After facing criticism for his handling of the COVID-19 pandemic, Abbott has taken up Trump’s immigration mantle, vowing to continue …

Biden's DHS head wants to prosecute MORE illegal immigrants
3 years, 11 months ago

Biden's DHS head wants to prosecute MORE illegal immigrants

Daily Mail  

Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas wants to criminally prosecute more illegal immigrants and crack down on sanctuary cities Joe Biden's Homeland Security head is looking to crack down on illegal immigration by taking more legal action against border jumpers and targeting U.S. cities that act as a safe haven for them. The new hard-line stance comes as record numbers of …

Immigration: Biden halts border wall and travel ban
4 years, 2 months ago

Immigration: Biden halts border wall and travel ban

CNN  

CNN — President Joe Biden kicked off his term by signing out a series of immigration executive actions, moving swiftly to undo many Trump administration policies and ending the national emergency that diverted millions of dollars to the border wall. “But we’re going to need legislation for a lot of these we’re going to do.” That includes the administration’s immigration …

Biden announces end to Trump’s border wall project
4 years, 2 months ago

Biden announces end to Trump’s border wall project

LA Times  

The U.S. side of Playas de Tijuana, where the border wall fades into the Pacific Ocean. President Biden is immediately ending the national emergency that President Trump declared on the border in February 2018 to divert billions of dollars from the Defense Department to wall construction. Despite Trump’s repeated promises that Mexico would pay for the wall, U.S. Customs and …

What is happening with US President Donald Trump's border wall, and what does president-elect Joe Biden intend to do?
4 years, 2 months ago

What is happening with US President Donald Trump's border wall, and what does president-elect Joe Biden intend to do?

ABC  

A centrepiece of US President Donald Trump's hardline immigration policy was the construction of a "big, beautiful wall" on the US-Mexico border — and the promise that Mexico would pay for it. During his 2020 State of the Union address, Mr Trump said "substantially more than 500 miles" of the wall would be complete by early 2021. "Mexico is going …

The Trump administration spent millions on border wall contracts to build on land it doesn't own
4 years, 2 months ago

The Trump administration spent millions on border wall contracts to build on land it doesn't own

Salon  

LA GRULLA, Texas — The federal government said it needed Ociel Mendoza's land on the outskirts of this tiny Texas town — and it couldn't wait any longer. Federal judges hearing CBP's eminent domain cases in South Texas also have expressed frustration with the government's legal argument for immediate possession in Starr County. Under the Bush and Obama administrations, several …

Trump administration has awarded border wall contracts on land in Texas it doesn't own
4 years, 2 months ago

Trump administration has awarded border wall contracts on land in Texas it doesn't own

Salon  

Each additional day of delay was costing the government $15,000 as contractors waited to begin construction on the border fence slated to go through Mendoza's ranch, the Department of Justice argued in court filings. Federal judges hearing CBP's eminent domain cases in South Texas also have expressed frustration with the government's legal argument for immediate possession in Starr County. "Once …

Trump administration rushes to complete Mexico border wall before Biden takes office
4 years, 3 months ago

Trump administration rushes to complete Mexico border wall before Biden takes office

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The outgoing Trump administration is rushing to complete as much …

Death, debt, and degradation: Trump’s border wall after four years
4 years, 4 months ago

Death, debt, and degradation: Trump’s border wall after four years

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “For about the first year following Trump's inauguration, …

Trump campaigns on border wall progress. There’s not much of it
4 years, 8 months ago

Trump campaigns on border wall progress. There’s not much of it

LA Times  

President Trump, whose plans to campaign on a booming economy were ruined by the coronavirus, traveled Tuesday to the southern edge of Arizona to highlight completion of “more than 200 miles of powerful border wall” with Mexico. Only about “three miles of new border wall system constructed in locations where no barriers previously existed,” according to Homeland Security’s June 19 …

Trump administration taking $3.8bn from military for border wall
5 years, 1 month ago

Trump administration taking $3.8bn from military for border wall

Al Jazeera  

The $3.8bn would come from National Guard and weapons programmes, setting the stage for possible clash with Democrats. The United States Defense Department sent Congress a request to shift nearly four billion dollars from the military budget to pay for a wall on the border with Mexico, a central promise of President Donald Trump’s campaign for the White House four …

Trump's budget built on proposals to please his conservative base in election year, Democrats claim
5 years, 1 month ago

Trump's budget built on proposals to please his conservative base in election year, Democrats claim

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. And it suggests Mr Trump again plans to take billions from a military he …

Defense Department expected to announce billions more will go to border wall
5 years, 1 month ago

Defense Department expected to announce billions more will go to border wall

CNN  

CNN — The Defense Department, under White House pressure, is expected to announce this week that billions more in Pentagon funds will go toward the border wall, according to an administration official. While the White House is poised to ask for less money for the wall in the upcoming formal budget request to Congress, the administration appears to be increasingly …

Trump calls new border wall a ‘world-class security system’
5 years, 6 months ago

Trump calls new border wall a ‘world-class security system’

Associated Press  

SAN DIEGO — President Donald Trump signed his name on a newly constructed section of the U.S.-Mexico border wall, calling it a “world-class security system” that will be virtually impenetrable. Mark Morgan, acting commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection, defended the project, dismissing critics who call it the “president’s vanity wall.” “I’m here to tell you that’s false,” he …

Trump calls new border wall a ‘world-class security system’
5 years, 6 months ago

Trump calls new border wall a ‘world-class security system’

The Hindu  

U.S. President Donald Trump signed his name on Wednesday on a newly constructed section of the U.S.-Mexico border wall, calling it a “world-class security system” that will be “virtually impenetrable”. “It was like a sheet metal and people would just knock it over like just routinely,” Mr. Trump said, standing with construction workers and top Customs, Army Corps of Engineers …

Wall-focused Trump lauds the effectiveness of the DMZ, saying 'nobody' goes through it
5 years, 8 months ago

Wall-focused Trump lauds the effectiveness of the DMZ, saying 'nobody' goes through it

Daily Mail  

President Donald Trump lauded the DMZ as an impenetrable border on the eve of his visit to the fortified zone – drawing a parallel to his signature domestic political issues. Compared the DMZ to the wall he wants to run across the southern U.S. border 'Nobody goes through that border,' Trump said. FILE - In this Dec. 16, 2018, file …

Border bill exposes Dems’ rift over limits of fighting Trump
5 years, 8 months ago

Border bill exposes Dems’ rift over limits of fighting Trump

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Congressional Democrats have convulsed into their deepest and most bitter rifts since taking House control in January, and it took a motherhood and apple pie issue like improving horrific conditions for children and other migrants seized crossing the southwest border to do it. “It is not good for our unity,” said Rep. Pramila Jayapal, D-Wash., a liberal leader, …

House moves to pass border funding bill without the enforcement money Trump wants
5 years, 8 months ago

House moves to pass border funding bill without the enforcement money Trump wants

LA Times  

Guatemalan migrants are taken into custody after they crossed the U.S. border illegally from Juarez, Mexico to El Paso, Texas. The House is expected to pass a border funding bill to address a humanitarian crisis — but without enforcement money sought by the White House. House Democrats, initially torn over a $4.5-billion bill that progressives worried didn’t do enough to …

Trump has built less than 2 miles of new wall with $1.57 BILLION Congress handed him for this year
5 years, 9 months ago

Trump has built less than 2 miles of new wall with $1.57 BILLION Congress handed him for this year

Daily Mail  

The Trump administration has built less than 2 miles of new border barriers using the $1.57 billion Congress allocated to the project for the fiscal year that will end September 30, according to a letter filed Tuesday in federal court. President Donald Trump played defense on Wednesday after a lawyer for Congress told a federal judge that his administration has …

A look at the state of the wall on the US-Mexico border
5 years, 11 months ago

A look at the state of the wall on the US-Mexico border

Associated Press  

PHOENIX — The White House has touted a two-mile stretch of fencing President Donald Trump is visiting Friday as the first section of his proposed border wall to be built. Contractors have been doing site and preparation work for 13 miles of barriers in the Rio Grande Valley that will be Trump’s first new fencing. Several organizations brought lawsuits over …

Trump’s national emergency declaration opposed by majority of Americans, polls find
6 years ago

Trump’s national emergency declaration opposed by majority of Americans, polls find

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Monmouth found 65 per cent of Americans disapproved of Mr Trump "declaring a national …

Trump Vetoes Congressional Effort To Limit Border Wall Funding
6 years ago

Trump Vetoes Congressional Effort To Limit Border Wall Funding

NPR  

Trump Vetoes Congressional Effort To Limit Border Wall Funding Enlarge this image toggle caption Alex Wong/Getty Images Alex Wong/Getty Images Updated at 4:56 p.m. ET President Trump used his veto pen for the first time Friday, after Congress tried to reverse his national emergency declaration and rein in spending on a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border. Sponsor Message Trump declared …

US Senate Republicans vote against Donald Trump emergency declaration in stunning rebuke, setting up veto showdown
6 years ago

US Senate Republicans vote against Donald Trump emergency declaration in stunning rebuke, setting up veto showdown

Firstpost  

In a stunning rebuke, a dozen defecting Republicans joined Senate Democrats Thursday to block the national emergency that US President Donald Trump declared so he could build his border wall with Mexico. Washington: In a stunning rebuke, a dozen defecting Republicans joined Senate Democrats Thursday to block the national emergency that US President Donald Trump declared so he could build …

Senate slaps down Trump border emergency; Republicans defect
6 years ago

Senate slaps down Trump border emergency; Republicans defect

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — In a stunning rebuke, a dozen defecting Republicans joined Senate Democrats Thursday to block the national emergency that President Donald Trump declared so he could build his border wall with Mexico. Moments after Thursday’s vote, the president tweeted a single word of warning: “VETO!” Two years into the Trump era, a defecting dozen Republicans, pushed along by Democrats, …

Trump news: From slating Brexit to attacking Beto O'Rourke, president rails against the world as he loses Senate vote
6 years ago

Trump news: From slating Brexit to attacking Beto O'Rourke, president rails against the world as he loses Senate vote

The Independent  

✕ Close Donald Trump denies collusion with Russia Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The US …

US Senate Republicans, in open revolt, vote against Donald Trump 'emergency declaration' forcing veto showdown
6 years ago

US Senate Republicans, in open revolt, vote against Donald Trump 'emergency declaration' forcing veto showdown

Firstpost  

US Senate Republicans launched their first major rebuke of US President Donald Trump voting against his ambitious ’emergency declaration’ to build a border wall along the US-Mexico border. In voting against the move, Trump’s own party is showing the first signs of breaking away as the 2020 campaigning shifts into higher gear and the wounds of the 2018 midterm loss …

Trump demands $750 billion for defense from Congress and $8.6 billion more for his wall
6 years ago

Trump demands $750 billion for defense from Congress and $8.6 billion more for his wall

Daily Mail  

President Trump latest budget proposal to Congress requests more wall money, more detention beds for illegal immigrants, more immigration agents and stipulations on grants for cities and states calling themselves sanctuary cities, among other in-your-face demands he sent over to Democrats. National security spending is one of the few areas of Trump's budget that is immune to cuts, in spite …

Trump will ask Congress for $8.6 BILLION to build his wall, setting up ANOTHER clash with Dems
6 years ago

Trump will ask Congress for $8.6 BILLION to build his wall, setting up ANOTHER clash with Dems

Daily Mail  

President Donald Trump on Monday will ask Congress to give him $8.6 billion to build his border wall, setting up another clash with Democrats over his signature campaign promise. President Donald Trump on Monday will ask Congress to give him $8.6 billion to build his border wall when his budget request lands on Capitol Hill Speaker Nancy Pelosi and her …

In huge blow to Donald Trump, Republican controlled US Senate has enough votes to reject emergency declaration over border wall funding
6 years ago

In huge blow to Donald Trump, Republican controlled US Senate has enough votes to reject emergency declaration over border wall funding

Firstpost  

US Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell acknowledged Monday that opponents of President Donald Trump’s declaration of a national emergency along the U.S.-Mexico border have enough votes in the Republican-led Senate to prevail on a resolution aimed at blocking the move. Kentucky: US Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell acknowledged Monday that opponents of President Donald Trump’s declaration of a national emergency …

Senate seems to have votes to reject Trump’s wall move
6 years ago

Senate seems to have votes to reject Trump’s wall move

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Opponents of President Donald Trump’s declaration of a national emergency at the U.S.-Mexico border appear to have enough Senate votes to reject his move, now that Republican Rand Paul of Kentucky has said he can’t go along with the White House. Paul makes it four, and assuming that all 47 Democrats and their independent allies go against Trump, …

House OKs Democrats’ bill blocking Trump emergency on wall
6 years ago

House OKs Democrats’ bill blocking Trump emergency on wall

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — House Democrats have ignored a veto threat and passed legislation that would stymie President Donald Trump’s bid for billions of extra dollars for a U.S.-Mexico border wall. The White House, in a letter to lawmakers threatening a veto, said blocking the declaration would “undermine the administration’s ability to respond effectively to the ongoing crisis” at the border. Democrats …

House Democrats set to vote on resolution to end Donald Trump's 'emergency' over border wall with Mexico
6 years ago

House Democrats set to vote on resolution to end Donald Trump's 'emergency' over border wall with Mexico

Firstpost  

Donald Trump, who declared the national emergency in February after Congress declined his request for $5.7 billion to help build a border wall, vowed last week to vereuyto the measure if it passes both chambers. Washington: The US House of Representatives votes on Tuesday on a resolution to terminate President Donald Trump’s declaration of a national emergency to build a …

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