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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, @03:46PM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday February 15 2019, @03:46PM (#801578)

    So there is no way to measure it, and it may magically appear or disappear based on current events? It doesn't sound like something that can be "used up".

  • (Score: 1) by khallow on Saturday February 16 2019, @12:04AM

    by khallow (3766) on Saturday February 16 2019, @12:04AM (#801850) Journal

    So there is no way to measure it, and it may magically appear or disappear based on current events?

    Yep.

    It doesn't sound like something that can be "used up".

    And yet, Trump managed it.