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    Kentucky Republican backs resolution to block Trump's emergency declaration


    There are tweets at the article that did not copy and paste.....




    Kentucky Republican backs resolution to block Trump's emergency declaration


    Phillip M. Bailey, Louisville Courier Journal Published 2:16 p.m. ET Feb. 26, 2019 | Updated 7:06 p.m. ET Feb. 26, 2019
    U.S. Rep. Thomas Massie is a Republican who represents Kentucky's 4th District. (Photo: H. Darr Beiser, USAT)


    Republican Congressman Thomas Massie jumped across the aisle to support a Democratic-led measure on Tuesday that would terminate President Donald Trump's emergency declaration at the U.S. southern border.


    "There is a crisis at our border, but it’s not an emergency when Congress doesn’t spend money how the president wants," Massie, whose district stretches across northern Kentucky, said on Twitter, hours ahead of the vote Tuesday evening.


    "The president’s constitutional remedy is to veto spending bills that aren’t suitable to him, yet he has chosen to sign many bills that did not fund the wall,” he added.


    House Democrats were able to get the resolution through by a 245-182 vote. More than 230 Democrats were joined by 13 Republicans in favor of the measure, while all the votes against came from the GOP.


    If both chambers of Congress approve the proposal it would block the emergency declaration. But Trump has vowed to veto the resolution as his administration searches for budget maneuvers to fund additional barriers at the U.S.-Mexico border.


    Of Kentucky’s six congressional representatives, Massie was one the only Republican who got behind the resolution. He joined the Bluegrass delegation’s lone Democrat, John Yarmuth, who was among the more than 225 Democratic lawmakers who co-sponsored the resolution.


    “President Trump may not fully understand the Constitution, but it is still his sworn duty to uphold it,” Yarmuth, who represents Louisville, said in a statement. “Declaring a fake national emergency to fulfill a campaign promise on a border wall is not only a subversion of the will of Congress and the American people, it is also unconstitutional.”


    But U.S. Rep. Andy Barr, who represents central Kentucky, said Trump — who helped boost his re-election campaign last fall — is using his presidential authority properly to secure the border.


    "This national emergency declaration would not have been necessary if Democrats worked in good faith to fund commonsense border security," Barr said in a statement, "but the president and Republicans in Congress are committed to prioritizing the interests of the American people over partisan political games."

    Massie is a libertarian-leaning Republican who often is an outlier vote on government spending and constitutional matters. He was among a handful of representatives who voted against giving back pay to federal workers impacted by the government shutdown saying the bill would, "make it easier for politicians to cause future shutdowns."
    Trump made the emergency declaration about the border after Congress allocated $1.3 billion for the wall, which is far less than the $5.7 billion he wanted. The fight over wall funding was at the center of a historic 35-day federal government shutdown.


    Massie said he supports Trump and the border wall but reminded constituents in another tweet Tuesday that he called out former President Barack Obama when he tried to use executive orders to sidestep Congress on using military might, immigration, health care and gun control.


    "In order to be consistent in preserving the constitutional structure of our republic, I will be voting for the resolution to prevent the president from using a national emergency declaration to re-appropriate money for the wall," Massie said.
    The Senate must now take up the resolution within 18 calendar days because of the provisions of the National Emergencies Act.


    That has the potential to split Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s 53-member caucus. Many GOP senators, including the Kentucky leader, have voiced discomfort with the president using a national emergency to get funding for his wall.

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    If given the chance to vote on this, I may be the only person commenting on this forum who would have had a hard time voting with the R's on this measure. My reasoning....I believe this National Emergency was a cover Trump's backside, a total sham to fool voters, an attempt to make it appear he is doing something to cover for all the times he either didn't do something when he could have or when he did the wrong thing.

    I often check to see what Thomas Massey does and the reason why.

    Massey is not my Rep. (I wish he was).

    Andy Barr is my Rep. (I wish he wasn't).

    Andy Barr votes for every illegal loving item that comes his way. Massey doesn't.

    I can't speak for all that voted, but I believe Massey voted because he saw the sham, and I respect him for that.
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    "The president’s constitutional remedy is to veto spending bills that aren’t suitable to him, yet he has chosen to sign many bills that did not fund the wall,” he added.


    He makes a good point. Trump should have sent both the 2018 and 2019 DHS funding bills back for a rework. In other words, he should have vetoed both of them but instead he just tells us he doesn't like them. Duh, if you don't like them and think they don't go far enough, veto them!

    To date Trump has not vetoed a single bill that has arrived at his desk for signature. Those he has chosen to surround himself with have always told him no, no, no, that would be a disaster, Mr. President. Trump needs to stand on his own two legs!

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