BORDER/DEMS/GOP/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Senate Democrats will force Republicans to vote again on President Donald Trump’s contentious national emergency declaration in the next month. Trump declared a national emergency in February to build a wall along the southern border after he failed to secure billions he asked for amid the longest federal government shutdown in U.S. history. Under the declaration, $8 billion would be diverted from federal accounts to build a barrier. Under federal law, Democrats can bring up a disapproval vote on Trump’s national emergency declaration, essentially forcing some Republicans to continue to back it. In March, the Senate passed a resolution disapproving of Trump’s national emergency, with support from 12 Republicans. The president, however, vetoed the resolution.”
–Marianne Levine, “Dems to force another vote on Trump’s border emergency declaration,” Politico, September 10, 2019 11:17 am