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Sen Dianne Feinstein
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President Trump has repeatedly threatened to declare a national emergency to bypass Congress and finance construction of his border wall. The funds most at risk of being misdirected to build the wall are Army Corps flood protection funds and military construction funding.
The Constitution gives Congress, not the president, the power of the purse. Congress dedicated funds for flood protection and military construction projects. That’s how those funds should be spent, not diverted by President Trump for his wasteful, unworkable border wall.
Our bill would bar the transfer of any funding from other programs to the construction, land acquisition or other activities related to President Trump’s border wall following any potential emergency declaration, unless Congress specifically authorized it. feinstein.senate.gov/public/index.c…
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Sen Dianne Feinstein
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I support the suit brought by California and 15 other states against President Trump’s so-called border emergency, which isn’t really an emergency at all. As President Trump said in his Rose Garden speech on Friday, ‘I didn’t need to do this, but I’d rather do it much faster.’
The reason President Trump said he didn’t need to declare an emergency is because there is no emergency. Border crossings are at their lowest levels in years. In 2000, CBP reported more than 1.6 million apprehensions at the border. In 2017, it was just 303,916 apprehensions.
It’s also clear that this is unconstitutional. Congress appropriates funds, not the president. Congress specifically refused to fund the president’s wall at the level he requested & the Constitution does not allow him to overrule Congress when it comes to spending federal dollars
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Sen Dianne Feinstein
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BREAKING: the Senate just passed a funding bill to avoid another shutdown. This omnibus bill keeps the entire federal government open and makes key investments in California, including full funding for all of our major mass-transit projects.
The bill also provides funding for proven border security measures without wasting resources on a massive border wall. With long-term funding now in place, we can hopefully begin to restore public confidence that the government will always be open and ready to serve.
While I’m proud of what’s in the omnibus, Congress still has work to finish several items not included in the final bill. Chief among those is disaster funding for California wildfire victims and an extension of the Violence Against Women Act.
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Sen Dianne Feinstein
@SenFeinstein
One common thread that runs through mass shootings in this country is that family & friends are often the first to be aware that perpetrators pose threats to themselves or others. The Parkland shooter had a history of making threatening statements, but police had no power to act.
Families have little recourse if they want to ensure their loved ones don’t get their hands on guns that could be used to kill themselves or others. Our bill would help states establish a court process to allow that to happen.
California, Maryland and Florida have already done so, and the federal government should support other states that want to follow their lead. Read more about our bill: feinstein.senate.gov/public/index.c…
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=Orange=
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"The Constitution gives him 10 days to sign the major bill.

President Trump should move forward with his national emergency.

But he must ensure nothing in the spending bill would block the wall."
breitbart.com/politics/2019/…
From the article:

"The White House should be extremely cautious in studying every single word in Congress’s spending bill, because even a single phrase could negate every authority President Donald Trump currently has under federal law to build and fund the border wall, ...
... even canceling his authority to declare a national border emergency.
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WTF Just Happened
@WTFJHT
What the fuck just happened today?

🚨 Day 756: Emergency declaration.

whatthefuckjusthappenedtoday.com/2019/02/14/day…
1/ Trump will declare a national emergency to bypass Congress and build his border wall after signing the spending legislation to prevent another government shutdown.

washingtonpost.com/business/econo…
1a/ The border security compromise provides $1.375 billion for 55 miles of steel-post fencing – basically the same deal Trump rejected in December – instead of the $5.7 billion he demanded for more than 200 miles of steel or concrete wall.

nytimes.com/2019/02/14/us/…
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Mona
@Monaheart1229
This deal is appreciably the same deal that Trump could've gotten in Dec. This deal is 1100 pgs like the one that he signed last March & said he'd never do again. This was all about optics for Trump. He created this catastrophe & there is NO substance to his Presidency.
2- #ThursdayThoughts
nytimes.com/2019/02/13/us/…
3-"WASHINGTON — In pursuit of a wall, President Trump ran into one. A single-minded drive to force Congress to finance his signature campaign promise has left Mr. Trump right back where he started, this time seeking a way to climb over the political barrier in his way after
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The Gray One
@silentrunning12
An open letter to @JohnCornyn from a concerned Texas voter.

Senator Cornyn

I have faithfully voted for you for the past 3 Senate elections on the assumption that you would serve the people of Texas and the United States in an honorable conservative tradition.
Unfortunately in the past 48 hours you have proven to me that my 17 years of trust and faith in you was badly misplaced. Senator Cornyn,
I note that yesterday you voted for a cloture vote in an attempt to subvert President Donald Trump's Constitutional Authority as commander in chief of all US armed forces and prevent the withdrawal of US military personnel from Syria and Afghanistan.
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Paineful Truths 🇺🇸🚀
@painefultruths
If Democrats refuse to make a deal after being offered a reasonable compromise, President Trump has free rein to declare a national emergency and activate Red Castle to build the wall, bypassing Congressional appropriations with DOD funds already in the coffers (2017 Omnibus).
Since there's no way in hell the Democrats are ever going to cave, President Trump will be able to reduce the size of the federal workforce by trimming the useless fat (non-essential personnel) after 30 days of furlough.
Once the fat is trimmed and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers activated, President Trump can simply declare victory in the shutdown and reopen the government – no Democrat support necessary.
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Kaz Weida
@kazweida
This #SundayMorning Trump has reiterated his threats to declare a national emergency and bypass Congress to build his border wall.

Can Trump abuse his executive powers in this way and what, if anything, can be done to stop him?

#SundayThoughts #SundayMotivation
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(2) First off, there are not a lot of rules about declaring national emergencies. And sadly, even in America, this executive power is rarely checked by Congress.

It's a tactic that has been used by both authoritarians and democracies around the world.
washingtonpost.com/world/2019/01/…
(3) While Trump can declare a national emergency at his discretion, he can't invoke one indefinitely without Congressional approval. And there are some limits to how this authority can be used to deploy troops & use funding.

nytimes.com/2019/01/05/opi…
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