It's the data most responsible for the sudden shift Democrats tone this week as more and more Congress give the media hints that they are willing to allocate funding for at least some of the protection measures being pushed by President Trump. You see, it's not that these Democrats..…
Congress has not appropriated $5.7 billion to build Trump’s wall. If he were to declare a national emergency to fund the wall, Trump would not be acting with the authority of Congress. . ... Congress will not appropriate money for the wall, so Trump..…
President Donald Trump wants US$5.7 billion to fund a border wall to keep out undocumented immigrants and “criminals.” Democrats in Congress say the wall is a waste of money that wouldn’t solve any of America’s actual immigration programs. . ..…
Knowing this, Trump would be leery of declaring an emergency. . But this procedure is no longer available to Congress. ... Nevertheless, neither Obama nor Trump created the imperial presidency; the collapse of Congress has done that. ..…
While declaring a national emergency is not completely off the table, Trump backed away from his threat Friday, saying he'd rather work it out with Congress. ..…