Five Republican senators plan to vote for a resolution to block President Trump's national emergency declaration at the southern border.
WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump has tweeted that"Senate Republicans are not voting on constitutionality or precedent" when a resolution to block his emergency declaration at the U.S.-Mexico border comes to the Senate floor.
— Donald J. Trump March 6, 2019 Five Republicans have said they will vote for the resolution. With all 47 Democratic senators expected to vote for it, their support means the resolution will likely be approved. She said Trump’s decision to declare a border emergency after Congress denied him funding for a wall,"strikes me as undermining the appropriations process, the will of Congress and of being of dubious constitutionality.''
Like the other Republican senators who plan to oppose Trump's move, Lee expressed concern about the precedent set by Trump's declaration. "When you use the National Emergencies Act to effectively expand executive powers by legislative acquiescence, I think that sets a dangerous precedent, and I don't think that it's a path that we should take," Murkowski told PBS"Newshour" on Wednesday.
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