Pelosi rejects Republican bill to change national emergencies act
Source: Reuters
Politics
March 13, 2019 / 10:10 AM / Updated an hour ago
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Wednesday the House of Representatives will not consider a Republican bill to amend a federal national emergencies law after President Donald Trump used the declaration in a bid to get money for his long-promised border wall.
Republican Senators are proposing new legislation to allow the President to violate the Constitution just this once in order to give themselves cover.
The House will not take up this legislation to give President Trump a pass, the Democratic leader said in a statement. The House will not take up this legislation to give President Trump a pass.
Read more: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-congress-emergency/pelosi-rejects-republican-bill-to-change-national-emergencies-act-idUSKBN1QU1XE
Hey Moscow Mitch....................The Speaker of the House ( Nancy Pelosi ) has spoken, the proverbial ball is in your court and Pence / Trump and you can't do anything about it................................see what happens when you have a legislative body that follows the CONSTITUTION..........................you can't ................... ......................
November 3, 2020 cannot get here fast enough..............
NCjack
(10,279 posts)"Oh, please, please! We have gotten so dependent on screwing DEMs, let us do it one more time -- just to help wean us off of it."
EveHammond13
(2,855 posts)Firestorm49
(4,032 posts)DownriverDem
(6,228 posts)You go Nancy! I have always supported you. See how having experience is a good thing? trump and the repubs would have just rolled a newbie.
Mars and Minerva
(369 posts)Republicans will be setting themselves on fire.
Then comes Gun Violence.
calimary
(81,220 posts)I could easily see that happening.
Mars and Minerva
(369 posts)ScratchCat
(1,981 posts)Anyone got a link to that bill?
forgotmylogin
(7,527 posts)<cue Mitch McConnell bemoaning in sad voice the takeover of an entire branch of government by one person...>
<bonus for Lindsey Graham on-camera freakout>
Don Quijote
(19 posts)They wanted to play this game. Let's play it.
keithbvadu2
(36,775 posts)Nitram
(22,791 posts)rurallib
(62,406 posts)Jesus effing christ they are desperate.