Emergency declarations should not be taken lightly. President Trump has made a strong case that there’s a humanitarian crisis at our southern border – and I agree.
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It’s Congress’ duty to ensure the President is acting within his constitutional authority to address that crisis. After research and consideration, I believe Trump is acting within his authority to take this action.
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Emergency declarations do not allow the President to circumvent the Constitution. President Trump’s exercise of national emergency powers is limited. He is not creating a new law or allocating additional funding. He is re-appropriating money already set aside for other projects.
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It will be important that Congress continues to monitor and review the president’s role in this process to ensure the actions taken are within constitutional and statutory authority.
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Please share more detail of that "research and consideration" with your constituents - we deserve to know exactly why you are ok with the president re-appropriating our tax dollars after the members of Congress that we elect to make these decisions did not approve the amount.
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In case of a real emergency the President of the United States should not be on vacation.https://twitter.com/omgno2trump/status/1097125779450880000?s=21 …
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You are demonstrating lack of principle and conviction to do the right thing.
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And so much for the GOP being the party against “big government”. Those days are officially over and you and your party have no credibility any more in that area.
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What research the official GOP rubberstamp
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What research and consideration? The president must submit financial decisions to Congress. Congress has the power if the purse. Have you read the Constitution?
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