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Trump will sign border security bill, declare national emergency, White House says

posted by martyb on Friday February 15 2019, @03:52AM   Printer-friendly
from the President's-precedents dept.

realDonaldTrump writes:

"President Trump will sign the border security compromise package on Capitol Hill to avert another government shutdown and will take the extraordinary step of declaring a national emergency to obtain funding for the border wall, the White House announced Thursday."

https://foxnews.com/politics/mcconnell-says-trump-prepared-to-sign-border-security-bill-and-will-declare-national-emergency

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday February 15 2019, @04:22AM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday February 15 2019, @04:22AM (#801396)

    What is the process for ending all these (30 or whatever) states of emergency? Does the president need to do it?

  • (Score: 3, Informative) by DeathMonkey on Friday February 15 2019, @04:35AM

    by DeathMonkey (1380) on Friday February 15 2019, @04:35AM (#801402) Journal

    What is the process for ending all these (30 or whatever) states of emergency? Does the president need to do it?

    Congress can easily vote to end them if they wish. If the House passes the bill the Senate is forced to vote on it so you don't get the partisan refuse-to-vote nonsense.

    (don't have a specific link, it's been the common thread in all the 'what do dems do next' articles)

    Some of them are fairly legit, though. You should take a look at the list...