The House has voted to overturn Trump's declaration of a national emergency. The measure's fate in the Senate is unclear
Democrats argue that Trump’s order is an endrun around lawmakers and must be rescinded to protect Congress’ constitutionally granted power to determine how taxpayer dollars are spent. They have focused on positioning the resolution as a fight over the separation of powers granted to the three branches of government,“This isn’t about the border,” Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Monday night. “This is about the Constitution of the United States. This is not about politics. It’s not about partisanship.
Some Republicans worry that if they give this president leeway to go around Congress — and its hold on the nation’s purse strings — future Democratic presidents will issue emergency declarations for things like climate change or gun violence.Defections are likely to be low. Although dozens of conservative appropriators and defense hawks have said they are skeptical of the president’s tactics, only 13 Republicans joined House Democrats on Tuesday in supporting the resolution.
Kentucky Republican Rep. Thomas Massie, whose district backed Trump by a margin of more than 35 percentage points, said that he agrees there is a crisis at the border, but that it’s not an emergency when Congress doesn’t do what the president wants. "It's a difficult vote in terms of voting against something that would allow him to achieve one of his priorities, but I think the way you do it is as important as what you do when you're following the Constitution," said Massie, who voted with Democrats to rescind Trump’s declaration.
Democrats hoped a higher number of House Republican “yes” votes would have smoothed the way for Senate Republicans to join them. But generally the House GOP caucus stuck together.within his rights to declare a national emergency,Sen. John Kennedy said that past presidents had used emergency declarations dozens of times and that the president is acting within the powers Congress has given him.
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