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apcalc

(4,526 posts) Thu Feb 14, 2019, 06:36 PM Feb 2019

National Emergency?

IMO Trump has reached a new level "Dumbassery".

Do any of you know what is going to happen next? What is the procedure to be followed?

Can Congress deny him? Can he just pull funds from anywhere?

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National Emergency? (Original Post) apcalc Feb 2019 OP

Yup Blue Owl Feb 2019 #1

There are 31 "national emergencies" currently in effect... PoliticAverse Feb 2019 #2

No, he cannot just pull funds from anywhere. onenote Feb 2019 #3

Blue Owl

(58,613 posts)

1. Yup

Reply to apcalc (Original post)

Thu Feb 14, 2019, 06:44 PM

Feb 2019

Dumbassery is not Democracy.

Stick a fork in him and his stupid demands -- all of which, by the way, are just grifting tactics to put money in his cronie's pockets...

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PoliticAverse

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2. There are 31 "national emergencies" currently in effect...

Reply to apcalc (Original post)

Thu Feb 14, 2019, 06:51 PM

Feb 2019

Bush and Obama declared several. See:
https://www.pri.org/stories/2019-01-11/us-currently-31-other-national-emergencies-heres-what-means

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onenote

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3. No, he cannot just pull funds from anywhere.

Reply to apcalc (Original post)

Thu Feb 14, 2019, 07:15 PM

Feb 2019

It's a lot more complicated than a lot of the off the cuff comments about it would suggest.

A good place to start is this CRS Report:https://fas.org/sgp/crs/natsec/98-505.pdf

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