Jason Hopkins on October 16, 2019
President Donald Trump vetoed a congressional attempt to overturn his border emergency declaration, marking the second time he has vetoed such a resolution.
“In short, the situation on our southern border remains a national emergency, and our Armed Forces are still needed to help confront it,” the president said in a veto message Tuesday night, while the top-ranking Democratic presidential candidates debated in Ohio.
The veto marks the end of a second attempt by Congress to end Trump’s border emergency declaration, which has allowed him to reallocate billions in federal funds to help pay for border wall construction.
The GOP-controlled Senate voted 54-41 in September to overturn Trumps’s declaration, including 11 Republican lawmakers who joined Democratic ranks. Afterward, the Democratic-controlled House of Representatives also voted in favor of the resolution, including a handful of Republicans.
Congress passed its first bipartisan resolution against Trump’s emergency declaration in March. Trump struck that resolution down in the same month — the first veto of presidency.
Congress failed in both chambers to secure the two-thirds majority needed in order to override a presidential veto.
“Earlier this year, I vetoed H.J. Res. 46 because it was a dangerous resolution that would undermine United States sovereignty and threaten the lives and safety of countless Americans,” Trump said about his first veto. “It was, therefore, my duty to return it to the House of Representatives without my approval. It is similarly my duty, in order to protect the safety and security of our Nation, to return S.J. Res. 54 to the Senate without my approval.”
The president declared a border emergency in February following the longest government shutdown in U.S. history, with the impasse regarding disagreement over wall funding. The declaration has allowed him to reallocate more than $6 billion in funds to build more physical barriers along the U.S.-Mexico border.
Mark Morgan, the acting commissioner of Customs and Border Protection, announced earlier in October that the Trump administration has built 71 miles of new border wall and expects to complete about 450 miles of new wall by the end of 2020.
However, Trump’s efforts to secure additional funding has met resistance not only in Congress, but also in the courtroom. David Briones, a Texas federal judge former President Bill Clinton appointed, ruled on Oct. 11 that his declaration was unlawful.
Impeachment and Muller are a scam to keep us from bring the deep state under the rule of law.
Impeachment and Muller are a scam to keep us from bring the deep state under the rule of law.
End the madness & declare martial law, let the killing begin!
The Republican senators who voted in favor of the resolution were Lamar Alexander of Tennessee, Roy Blunt of Missouri, Susan Collins of Maine, Mike Lee of Utah, Jerry Moran of Kansas, Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, Rand Paul of Kentucky, Rob Portman of Ohio, Pat Toomey of Pennsylvania, and Roger Wicker of Mississippi.
The Republican senators who voted in favor of the resolution were Lamar Alexander of Tennessee, Roy Blunt of Missouri, Susan Collins of Maine, Mike Lee of Utah, Jerry Moran of Kansas, Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, Rand Paul of Kentucky, Rob Portman of Ohio, Pat Toomey of Pennsylvania, and Roger Wicker of Mississippi.
Trump gains and loses ground. This is the most accurate poll and Trump is doing better than Obama did when he was re-elected.
http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/trump_administration/trump_approval_index_history
You would have thought they would finally get it. The more they lie about and persecute Trump, the more voters will change to him. Even I understood that from the primaries.
I voted for Gov. Nikki Haley to avoid voting for Trump in the general election. I did not want to be responsible for him, but a vote for the best Republican Woman against Clinton appealed to me.
Because he got done what he set out to do, despite Congress, I am going to have to vote for HIM this time.
Trump gains and loses ground. This is the most accurate poll and Trump is doing better than Obama did when he was re-elected.
http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/trump_administration/trump_approval_index_history
You would have thought they would finally get it. The more they lie about and persecute Trump, the more voters will change to him. Even I understood that from the primaries.
I voted for Gov. Nikki Haley to avoid voting for Trump in the general election. I did not want to be responsible for him, but a vote for the best Republican Woman against Clinton appealed to me.
Because he got done what he set out to do, despite Congress, I am going to have to vote for HIM this time.
Just vote all demorats out of office as soon as we can. Nancy and old Schumer need to go first then OAC and her little pain in the butt group of 3. Send them BYE Bye !!
Just vote all demorats out of office as soon as we can. Nancy and old Schumer need to go first then OAC and her little pain in the butt group of 3. Send them BYE Bye !!
Yes, Recall is a mechanism that some states allow their citizens to use to force politicians to under go a special election. Colorado is a good example. The problem is that there is no provision for recall for federal office holders.
Yes, Recall is a mechanism that some states allow their citizens to use to force politicians to under go a special election. Colorado is a good example. The problem is that there is no provision for recall for federal office holders.
The nightmare is that it is true. Democrats have said no ICE, no detention centers, no criminal process for breaking the law, tear down the border barriers already installed. On the other hand they quite cheerfully funded a wall for Jordan.
At best you are a Republican In Name Only. You were not elected as a Republican. They make Republican Policy, not you. This is a republic, not a democracy. If you want a democracy, move to Switzerland.
So, you want to put another #DemocraticPartyLiar in office.
Good for you Mr President and thank you for that!
All aboard the Trump train. MAGA!
Good for you Mr President and thank you for that!
All aboard the Trump train. MAGA!
over 1 MILLION illegals have been added to the US taxpayer funded welfare system since Jan 2019…and has costed over 210 BILLION dollars on the border feeding/housing/healhcare to illegals
Trump supporting senators and house reps need to put together a list of all the swamp rats who oppose Trumps efforts to secure our border. Then we work on getting these traitors out of office. Drain the septic tank!
Trump supporting senators and house reps need to put together a list of all the swamp rats who oppose Trumps efforts to secure our border. Then we work on getting these traitors out of office. Drain the septic tank!
We need a list of those who are openly betraying our president and our country.. All politicians are corrupt and/or sold out or they would not survive in the swamp. The only way to stay is to adhere to the swamp rules. Our president is an outsider and look what they have being doing to him for almost three years. We need to get rid of ALL career politicians, but there is no way to quick them all out at once… but we can start with the most aggressive against the president… get a list and remember their name the next election…. We need to elect more outsiders and make sure we create term limits…
They can’t call it a crisis and then declare it’s not an emergency.
They can’t call it a crisis and then declare it’s not an emergency.
we’ve bubonic plague, treatment resistant TB and typhus, raging in LA and democrats want to let in more carriers?? tell me again how much democrats care about me.
we’ve bubonic plague, treatment resistant TB and typhus, raging in LA and democrats want to let in more carriers?? tell me again how much democrats care about me.
Look up whitehouse web page it will show both Democrats and Republicans
I posted this once before but it was taken down by someone, here it is again. I read not long ago that 25% of democrats were under psychiatric care. but the really disturbing statistic is that the above statement means that 75% of democrats are running around unsupervised and unmedicated.
One way ticket only , please !
Interesting isn’t it that the MSM don’t report that poll?/ Only the ones that show him losing ground!!!
Interesting isn’t it that the MSM don’t report that poll?/ Only the ones that show him losing ground!!!
Keep it up Trump – if nothing else is accomplished it shows the American people you are NOT going to let this sham of Impeachment detour you from doing the job we elected you to do!
Keep it up Trump – if nothing else is accomplished it shows the American people you are NOT going to let this sham of Impeachment detour you from doing the job we elected you to do!
I wonder if any of them will suddenly become 2A supporters? ?
I wonder if any of them will suddenly become 2A supporters? ?
After all the these fake Americans are voted out of office, they need to have their citizenship revoked, passports confiscated and be exiled to another country of their choice !
After all the these fake Americans are voted out of office, they need to have their citizenship revoked, passports confiscated and be exiled to another country of their choice !
Have you heard of a recall !
BUILDING the Wall and FIGHTING the Drug Cartels!
Trump’s greatest legacy of all!
BUILDING the Wall and FIGHTING the Drug Cartels!
Trump’s greatest legacy of all!
I’m encouraged to see those Democrats/Socialists all play the same recording of “take me to the moon” When and if we win in spite of their shenanigans, our theme should be Send them to Mars. It should take them about 4 years to get there and back.
It will take 290 votes in the House and 67 votes in the Senate to overcome Trump’s veto.
The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Wednesday shows that 50% of Likely U.S. Voters approve of President Trump’s job performance. Forty-nine percent (49%) disapprove. If Trump is re-elected, we will have many new members of Congress.
It will take 290 votes in the House and 67 votes in the Senate to overcome Trump’s veto.
The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Wednesday shows that 50% of Likely U.S. Voters approve of President Trump’s job performance. Forty-nine percent (49%) disapprove. If Trump is re-elected, we will have many new members of Congress.
I don’t understand…can someone please illuminate for me?
Why, in God’s name,it isn’t imperative that we protect America from intruders who wish us no good?
What the hell do we have to do to get congress to do it’s appointed duties?
Did they not take an oath of office as well?
Please, please some one tell me that this isn’t a nightmare!
I don’t understand…can someone please illuminate for me?
Why, in God’s name,it isn’t imperative that we protect America from intruders who wish us no good?
What the hell do we have to do to get congress to do it’s appointed duties?
Did they not take an oath of office as well?
Please, please some one tell me that this isn’t a nightmare!
Do anybody have a list of those Republicans that voted against the president
Do anybody have a list of those Republicans that voted against the president
Those Republicans who crossed over were hoping to show how “virtuous” they are. Instead they only proved what slimy Dem sycophants they are. Vote ’em out.
Sad for the Republican party that they cannot stick together and support their Republican President. I will give the Democrat party credit for they stick together no matter what. Alot of the Rhinos are spineless.
Everyone of those so-called “law makers” should be req’d to relocate themselves and immediate family, and live in a house on the border. That house will have no fence, no wall, and no armed guards. Lets then see how they support no border walls after they’re living unprotected like normal folks do.
Everyone of those so-called “law makers” should be req’d to relocate themselves and immediate family, and live in a house on the border. That house will have no fence, no wall, and no armed guards. Lets then see how they support no border walls after they’re living unprotected like normal folks do.
ALL THE RINOs AND DUMBO-RATS that voted for these Resolutions needs to be VOTED OUT OF OFFICE in November 2020!
ALL THE RINOs AND DUMBO-RATS that voted for these Resolutions needs to be VOTED OUT OF OFFICE in November 2020!
Look it up on the U.S. Senate and U.S. House web sites. The voting history for every Congress person in the current Congress is listed on the websites.
Look it up on the U.S. Senate and U.S. House web sites. The voting history for every Congress person in the current Congress is listed on the websites.
ME TOO!!!!!!!!!
Americans are disgusted with the communist press to end our border protection. The traitorous RINOS will pay dearly too.
Americans are disgusted with the communist press to end our border protection. The traitorous RINOS will pay dearly too.
I want to know the names of the Republicans so I can donate to their challenger. They are despicable.
I want to know the names of the Republicans so I can donate to their challenger. They are despicable.
Glad to hear that