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My colleague Mark Sumner (@Devilstower) has written this up: If Trump declares a national emergency, Pelosi can immediately pass a resolution to end the emergency—and then the Senate would *have* to take it up dailykos.com/stories/2019/1…
Sure, the Senate might vote down such a resolution, but at the very least, it would put Mitch McConnell and every single Republican senator in the deeply awkward position of having to openly defend—in an on-the-record roll call vote—Trump's declaration of emergency
Let me be clear about something here: The National Emergency Act *requires* the other chamber to take action when one chamber passes a resolution to end an emergency. McConnell cannot kill it. The Senate would literally HAVE to vote.
A reminder: If Trump declares a national emergency, Nancy Pelosi can immediately force a vote on rolling it back dailykos.com/stories/2019/1…
Pelosi has the power to do so under a law called the National Emergency Act, and there's no minimum time she has to wait. If a roll-back passes the House, then the Senate is required—*by law*—to then also vote
Even if such a resolution passed both the House and Senate, Trump could still then veto it (subject to an over-ride, of course). But this is more about putting pressure on Trump and the GOP over an obviously fake "emergency"
