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26 Feb 19, 5 tweets, 1 min read
Today's vote is about nothing less than our loyalty, as Members of Congress to the Constitution. rollcall.com/news/democrats…
Understand: none of us here take an oath to a party, or to a President. We take an oath to a Constitution. Which, among other things says that Congress has the power of the purse.
The President's #FakeEmergency serves no purpose than taking money that Congress allocated for one purpose and redirecting it to another. That is not his right.
It is, however, our obligation to defend our rights, especially in this moment. That is the oath we took. Not to the President, but to the Constitution.
Watch the vote count closely today. It is a referendum on which members believe that the Constitution, and Congress' rights under Article 1 are worth defending.

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