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Sheldon Whitehouse
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The vote on the #NationalEmergency gave #Republicans a clear choice: put the Constitution first, or put @realDonaldTrump first.

The Founding Fathers granted the Congress the power of the purse to decide how to allocate funds.
Yet many #Republicans will raid funds appropriated by Congress to our armed forces to pay for @realDonaldTrump’s Big Dumb Wall.

This creates precedent for a future Democratic president to act unilaterally on real crises, like mass shootings and #climate change.
Next it will be up to #Republicans in Congress to decide how to respond to a presidential veto.

We will see where they stand in this contest between #Trump and the #Constitution.

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Sheldon Whitehouse
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Have a look at how Big Tech (Google, Apple, Microsoft, Facebook, Amazon, Uber and many others) lobbies Congress.
1⃣They loved the #Republican “tax reform” scam. See 2017 “victories.” Oy.⬇️
2⃣Their #climate priority is “advanced energy solutions.” I’m working on this, passing #carboncapture and nuclear innovation bills, but nobody thinks that’s close to enough. Go big, this ain’t.
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If the “vision for Care New England under a merger with Brigham Health is for an ‘expansion of services in Rhode Island,’” that should be specified enforcibly in the merger agreement. pbn.com/lifespan-cne-p…
This merger could be a win or a disaster for #RI, and details will make the difference.

These are some reasonable questions to pin down:

1⃣Will administrative jobs now in R.I. be lost through consolidation?
2⃣Will legal/accounting and other contracts now w R.I. firms be lost?
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Sheldon Whitehouse
@SenWhitehouse
If NAM is serious, then it needs to go beyond the new #Republican innovation talking point and support legislation to reduce emissions on the scale the science says is necessary. politico.com/magazine/story…
BTW “Innovation” is the new fossil fuel phony talking point — as the industry fights against the policies that would launch such innovation: it’s as phony as “hoax,” as phony as “science not settled,” as phony as “climate always changes,” as phony as “too costly to fix.”
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The Calitaliano Kid!! 😎 #Kamala2020 ✊🏽🇺🇸
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The only emergency is the threat to the #Constitution, the #SeparationofPowers and the #RuleofLaw posed by this so called @POTUS. A sniveling, narcissistic, manchild and wannabe Dictator.
#FakeTrumpEmergency
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2/ Most Americans, sadly, don't seem to see what's happening here. It's no longer about "Politics" as he's so skillfully framed it. It's about the US Constitution and something called #SeparationofPowers. The Senate #Republicans finally slapped his hand.
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3/ But his inevitable Veto of the measure and the Senate's inability (or unwillingness) to override that veto is just one more huge step towards #Authoritarianism. You see Congress controlling the "Power of the Purse" is just one way to keep a Dictator president in check.
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Eugene Gu, MD
@eugenegu
@realDonaldTrump The MAJOR NATIONAL EMERGENCY is actually the President of the United States manufacturing a fake national emergency in violation of Article I, Section 9 of the Constitution that gives Congress the power of the purse as a check and balance on the Executive Branch.
@realDonaldTrump Trump makes up all these lies and false accusations about an “invasion” and even an “infestation” of immigrants from our southern border coming in as sex traffickers, rapists, gangs, criminals, and drug dealers. Ironically, Trump takes selfies with actual sex traffickers.
@realDonaldTrump Trump even makes up these outrageous conspiracy theories that a bunch of “coyotes” duct tape women in the backseat of their cars and drive across the border with “prayer rugs.” He literally got that information from the movie Sicario 2: Day of the Soldado.
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Eugene Gu, MD
@eugenegu
@realDonaldTrump Trump’s fake national emergency is a brazen assault on Article I, Section 9, Clause 7 of the United States Constitution which gives Congress the power of the purse and guarantees the the separation of powers to safeguard our democracy.
@realDonaldTrump The fact that even a Republican controlled Senate not only recognizes this but is voting against Trump’s fake emergency shows how the president has gone too far in his assault against the Constitution. Even for them.
@realDonaldTrump But it’s unfortunately just empty symbolism in the end. Trump will use his first ever veto in his presidency to revoke it all. There aren’t enough lawmakers in Congress who care about our Constitution enough to form a veto-proof majority to defend what they were sworn to protect.
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Rep. Ted Lieu
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Trump is declaring a #NationalEmergency to build a wall we don’t need to address a crisis that doesn’t exist! It's time for @POTUS to face the facts on this episode of #TruthWithTed.
Trump's proposed Declaration of a National Emergency is an authoritarian power grab that will be struck down in the courts. The Constitution gives the House the ‘Power of the Purse’, and Trump cannot override the Constitution with a fake declaration.
There is no #NationalEmergency. Based on the Trump Administration's own data:

⬇️ Border Apprehensions: Down 75% from 2000 to 2018
⬇️ Violent & Property Crime: Down across the U.S.
✅ 80% to 90% of illegal drugs come through legal checkpoints
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Victoria Brownworth
@VABVOX
I am calling on the @POTUS, @realDonaldTrump, to stop inciting violence against the press for doing our jobs.

We are in the #Constitution first.

We are the first line of defense against tyranny and injustice.

We are NOT the "enemy of the people."

We ARE the people.
I am exhausted by the constant threats, as are many of my colleagues.

The atmosphere Trump has created is dangerous.

The threats are real.
I don't want to get acid in the face or have my wife injured because no one takes threats to journalists seriously.
A few years ago I tried to get a restraining order against someone who was stalking me who objected to my journalism.

I couldn't.

The law hadn't caught up to where we are.

That has to change.
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