BORDER/CONGRESS/NANCY PELOSI/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi urged members of Congress on Wednesday [2-20-19] to back a resolution halting the national emergency declared by President Donald Trump to fund a border wall. Pelosi’s call to action comes as the White House plows ahead on transferring federal funds not contingent on Trump’s declaration toward building a wall along the southern border, despite already facing several lawsuits…Representatives have until 3 p.m. Thursday to sign the resolution, which will be introduced Friday, Pelosi wrote. The House will ‘move swiftly’ under the National Emergencies Act to pass it before sending it to the Senate, she added. Trump declared a national emergency last Friday after he signed a spending bill that would keep the government open and provide $1.375 billion for a border wall, billions less than he had sought. Castro had promised to curtail such a declaration prior to Trump’s announcement as a possible second partial government shutdown loomed.”
–Caroline Kelly and Ashley Killough, “Pelosi urges members to back resolution terminating national emergency,” CNN Politics, CNN.com, February 20, 2019 10:49 pm