he was declaring order to get up to extra $8 billion to build his border wall, setting up the prospect of confrontations with Congress and the Courts that are likely to define the rest of his first term office. ..…
The Constitution puts Congress clearly in charge of the national purse. Yesterday Pelosi said she was considering all options on the issue of reacting to the Trump power grab, including action in the courts which, it is widely believed, would declare the power grab unconstitutional. . ..…
Trump announced his in Rose Garden ceremony, report New York Times, Politico, Wall Street Journal and Washington Post.. ..…
@SenSchumer & I call upon our Republican colleagues to join us to defend the Constitution. Read our full join statement here: https://t.co/UZx47ghlQE . — Nancy Pelosi (@SpeakerPelosi) February 15, 2019 . . . ..…
“The president’s actions clearly violate the Congress’ exclusive power of the purse, which our founders enshrined in the Constitution,” Pelosi and Schumer said in a joint statement Friday. ..…
There are obvious constitutional concerns with this, the least of which is the very specific “power of the purse” granted by the Constitution in Article I, Section 9. The president’s action is, as House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said on the day it was leaked that the president..…
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