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

"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, Offtopic) by Anonymous Coward on Friday February 15 2019, @03:42PM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday February 15 2019, @03:42PM (#801572)

    Didn't congress just approve sending Israel $2 billion (~$200 million/yr for 10 years) for their own wall? https://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Trumps-2019-budget-request-includes-200-millon-increase-to-Israel-542467 [jpost.com]

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday February 16 2019, @06:42AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Saturday February 16 2019, @06:42AM (#801966)

    There goes you social security at the senior age, to be buried into a concrete wall that does nothing for you.