After skipping nearly 1,100 mandated emergency reviews, Congress decides to do its job

[Doc7505]

After skipping nearly 1,100 mandated emergency reviews, Congress decides to do its job​

https://www.washingtonpost.com/polit...=.938a14c1f4ca
By Philip Bump ~~ The text of the National Emergencies Act is clear. “Not later than six months after a national emergency is declared,” it reads, “and not later than the end of each six-month period thereafter that such emergency continues, each House of Congress shall meet to consider a vote on a concurrent resolution to determine whether that emergency shall be terminated.” In other words, once then-President Jimmy Carter signed Executive Order 12170 in November 1979, invoking provisions of the law, both the House and the Senate should have considered the following May whether to terminate his action. Then they should have done the same in November 1980. And in May 1981. And in November 1981. And in every May and November since then, given that the emergency is still in effect.
But it hasn’t considered a resolution on Carter’s first emergency even once.… As more and more national emergencies have accrued, Congress has more and more often been supposed to review active emergency declarations. As recently as last November, Congress was supposed to have considered joint resolutions on no fewer than eight national emergency declarations, including that first one from Carter. In December, four more declarations were due for review.... By our count, using data from the Brennan Center for Justice, for the duration of every national emergency that has ever been declared, Congress is supposed to have conducted 1,094 reviews of those declarations.... How often has it done so? Well, we know that Tuesday the House and Senate considered a resolution that would terminate President Trump’s wall emergency — which, as the chart above shows, is the 32nd emergency currently active.




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If Progressive Marxist Socialist Democrats and others choose to use it now and not in the past, it's because the others were demonstrably emergencies and this is decidedly factual. Surely we must all understand that laws never apply to Democrats. At the same time laws never apply to our elected reps until it is possible to be used as re-election device.
Good grief. Congress needs a standing committee just to deal with these. It's like the debt. Which is like kudzu.

 

[jehanne1431]

After skipping nearly 1,100 mandated emergency reviews, Congress decides to do its job​

https://www.washingtonpost.com/polit...=.938a14c1f4ca
By Philip Bump ~~ The text of the National Emergencies Act is clear. “Not later than six months after a national emergency is declared,” it reads, “and not later than the end of each six-month period thereafter that such emergency continues, each House of Congress shall meet to consider a vote on a concurrent resolution to determine whether that emergency shall be terminated.” In other words, once then-President Jimmy Carter signed Executive Order 12170 in November 1979, invoking provisions of the law, both the House and the Senate should have considered the following May whether to terminate his action. Then they should have done the same in November 1980. And in May 1981. And in November 1981. And in every May and November since then, given that the emergency is still in effect.
But it hasn’t considered a resolution on Carter’s first emergency even once.… As more and more national emergencies have accrued, Congress has more and more often been supposed to review active emergency declarations. As recently as last November, Congress was supposed to have considered joint resolutions on no fewer than eight national emergency declarations, including that first one from Carter. In December, four more declarations were due for review.... By our count, using data from the Brennan Center for Justice, for the duration of every national emergency that has ever been declared, Congress is supposed to have conducted 1,094 reviews of those declarations.... How often has it done so? Well, we know that Tuesday the House and Senate considered a resolution that would terminate President Trump’s wall emergency — which, as the chart above shows, is the 32nd emergency currently active.




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If Progressive Marxist Socialist Democrats and others choose to use it now and not in the past, it's because the others were demonstrably emergencies and this is decidedly factual. Surely we must all understand that laws never apply to Democrats. At the same time laws never apply to our elected reps until it is possible to be used as re-election device.
Good grief. Congress needs a standing committee just to deal with these. It's like the debt. Which is like kudzu.

We, the people, are powerless to stop congress from caring so much more for their careers than they do about what is best for the common good. This cannot change because there are less than a few good men anywhere in high level politics, enough to care.

And the great majority of those on the right are total cowards and, again, only interested in their own self gain instead of having the courage and honor to confront the corruption and darkness all over the current leftist machine. I despise them for that most of all.

 

[gipper]

This should tell all Americans that Congress has no intention of securing our borders. This has been true for decades and has included all recent presidents, except Donnie.

Why? Because the wealthy ruling class which controlls Washington, demands open borders.

The really unfortunate thing is how easily the ruling class can manipulate millions of Americans to support their actions, through their control of the media.

 

[occupied]

Your man wants something he cannot have for the first time in his life. He's a senior citizen, how pathetic is that?

 

[Votto]

Your man wants something he cannot have for the first time in his life. He's a senior citizen, how pathetic is that?

Who says Trump really wants it?

He waited till the Dims took the House.

Why?

 

[Moonglow]

After skipping nearly 1,100 mandated emergency reviews, Congress decides to do its job​

https://www.washingtonpost.com/polit...=.938a14c1f4ca
By Philip Bump ~~ The text of the National Emergencies Act is clear. “Not later than six months after a national emergency is declared,” it reads, “and not later than the end of each six-month period thereafter that such emergency continues, each House of Congress shall meet to consider a vote on a concurrent resolution to determine whether that emergency shall be terminated.” In other words, once then-President Jimmy Carter signed Executive Order 12170 in November 1979, invoking provisions of the law, both the House and the Senate should have considered the following May whether to terminate his action. Then they should have done the same in November 1980. And in May 1981. And in November 1981. And in every May and November since then, given that the emergency is still in effect.
But it hasn’t considered a resolution on Carter’s first emergency even once.… As more and more national emergencies have accrued, Congress has more and more often been supposed to review active emergency declarations. As recently as last November, Congress was supposed to have considered joint resolutions on no fewer than eight national emergency declarations, including that first one from Carter. In December, four more declarations were due for review.... By our count, using data from the Brennan Center for Justice, for the duration of every national emergency that has ever been declared, Congress is supposed to have conducted 1,094 reviews of those declarations.... How often has it done so? Well, we know that Tuesday the House and Senate considered a resolution that would terminate President Trump’s wall emergency — which, as the chart above shows, is the 32nd emergency currently active.




~~~~~~
If Progressive Marxist Socialist Democrats and others choose to use it now and not in the past, it's because the others were demonstrably emergencies and this is decidedly factual. Surely we must all understand that laws never apply to Democrats. At the same time laws never apply to our elected reps until it is possible to be used as re-election device.
Good grief. Congress needs a standing committee just to deal with these. It's like the debt. Which is like kudzu.

So Congress has been completely under the control of the democrats since Carter?

 

[gipper]

Your man wants something he cannot have for the first time in his life. He's a senior citizen, how pathetic is that?

Who says Trump really wants it?

He waited till the Dims took the House.

Why?

Who knows. Does seem to be a mistake on his part. Then again, this could backfire on the Ds and expose them as an open borders party.

 

[occupied]

Your man wants something he cannot have for the first time in his life. He's a senior citizen, how pathetic is that?

Who says Trump really wants it?

He waited till the Dims took the House.

Why?

I'm tempted to just say he is stupid but i figure he needed a huge distraction from the legal shitstorm and actual oversight that is only just getting started.

 

[Doc7505]

After skipping nearly 1,100 mandated emergency reviews, Congress decides to do its job​

https://www.washingtonpost.com/polit...=.938a14c1f4ca
By Philip Bump ~~ The text of the National Emergencies Act is clear. “Not later than six months after a national emergency is declared,” it reads, “and not later than the end of each six-month period thereafter that such emergency continues, each House of Congress shall meet to consider a vote on a concurrent resolution to determine whether that emergency shall be terminated.” In other words, once then-President Jimmy Carter signed Executive Order 12170 in November 1979, invoking provisions of the law, both the House and the Senate should have considered the following May whether to terminate his action. Then they should have done the same in November 1980. And in May 1981. And in November 1981. And in every May and November since then, given that the emergency is still in effect.
But it hasn’t considered a resolution on Carter’s first emergency even once.… As more and more national emergencies have accrued, Congress has more and more often been supposed to review active emergency declarations. As recently as last November, Congress was supposed to have considered joint resolutions on no fewer than eight national emergency declarations, including that first one from Carter. In December, four more declarations were due for review.... By our count, using data from the Brennan Center for Justice, for the duration of every national emergency that has ever been declared, Congress is supposed to have conducted 1,094 reviews of those declarations.... How often has it done so? Well, we know that Tuesday the House and Senate considered a resolution that would terminate President Trump’s wall emergency — which, as the chart above shows, is the 32nd emergency currently active.




~~~~~~
If Progressive Marxist Socialist Democrats and others choose to use it now and not in the past, it's because the others were demonstrably emergencies and this is decidedly factual. Surely we must all understand that laws never apply to Democrats. At the same time laws never apply to our elected reps until it is possible to be used as re-election device.
Good grief. Congress needs a standing committee just to deal with these. It's like the debt. Which is like kudzu.

So Congress has been completely under the control of the democrats since Carter?

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The Democrat Party has had the majority in Congress for the longest duration over the last 40 years. Out of the last 22 Congresses they have had the majority 12 times in the Senate and 14 times in the House.

 

[OKTexas]

After skipping nearly 1,100 mandated emergency reviews, Congress decides to do its job​

https://www.washingtonpost.com/polit...=.938a14c1f4ca
By Philip Bump ~~ The text of the National Emergencies Act is clear. “Not later than six months after a national emergency is declared,” it reads, “and not later than the end of each six-month period thereafter that such emergency continues, each House of Congress shall meet to consider a vote on a concurrent resolution to determine whether that emergency shall be terminated.” In other words, once then-President Jimmy Carter signed Executive Order 12170 in November 1979, invoking provisions of the law, both the House and the Senate should have considered the following May whether to terminate his action. Then they should have done the same in November 1980. And in May 1981. And in November 1981. And in every May and November since then, given that the emergency is still in effect.
But it hasn’t considered a resolution on Carter’s first emergency even once.… As more and more national emergencies have accrued, Congress has more and more often been supposed to review active emergency declarations. As recently as last November, Congress was supposed to have considered joint resolutions on no fewer than eight national emergency declarations, including that first one from Carter. In December, four more declarations were due for review.... By our count, using data from the Brennan Center for Justice, for the duration of every national emergency that has ever been declared, Congress is supposed to have conducted 1,094 reviews of those declarations.... How often has it done so? Well, we know that Tuesday the House and Senate considered a resolution that would terminate President Trump’s wall emergency — which, as the chart above shows, is the 32nd emergency currently active.




~~~~~~
If Progressive Marxist Socialist Democrats and others choose to use it now and not in the past, it's because the others were demonstrably emergencies and this is decidedly factual. Surely we must all understand that laws never apply to Democrats. At the same time laws never apply to our elected reps until it is possible to be used as re-election device.
Good grief. Congress needs a standing committee just to deal with these. It's like the debt. Which is like kudzu.

They only worry about following the laws they pass when it benefits their political agenda.

.

 

[deanrd]

Republicans have been in total control for the last two years. Their agenda was to end healthcare for millions of Americans and past tax cuts for billionaires. They did a pretty good job I think.

 

[Care4all]

Did any other President proclaim a faux National Emergency to steal money allotted to the military... so to achieve a political pet project... just in time for his upcoming election, that his own House and Senate voted to not fund?

This is NOT the same ole, same ole, with the other presidents or other National Emergencies. President Trump's fake National Emergency is much different than others, from what I understand about it... he's spitting on what our representatives, our only representation in our Nation, decided.... and their constitutional power of the purse, granted by our founding fathers.


it is definitely different than all others...

 

[Votto]

Your man wants something he cannot have for the first time in his life. He's a senior citizen, how pathetic is that?

Who says Trump really wants it?

He waited till the Dims took the House.

Why?

Who knows. Does seem to be a mistake on his part. Then again, this could backfire on the Ds and expose them as an open borders party.

Which is at least one of the reasons as to why he waited.

 

[skews13]

Your man wants something he cannot have for the first time in his life. He's a senior citizen, how pathetic is that?

I for one am hoping the Senate doesn’t pass it.

The Republicans are this close to handing the Democrats a huge gift.

Trumpette America is going to regret that they supported the traitor that occupies the White House.

 

[Disir]

This should tell all Americans that Congress has no intention of securing our borders. This has been true for decades and has included all recent presidents, except Donnie.

Why? Because the wealthy ruling class which controlls Washington, demands open borders.

The really unfortunate thing is how easily the ruling class can manipulate millions of Americans to support their actions, through their control of the media.

I think that the long term multinational corporate benefits of open borders is that the resources of ones country can't be nationalized if the people have no nation or if their allegiance is not to one country. That appears to be how it is playing out world wide.

 

[sparky]

so lemme get this straight, we've a fake emergency all over the fake news via a fake potus, and a fake congress faking mitigation of it all....

right then....

~S~

 

[gipper]

This should tell all Americans that Congress has no intention of securing our borders. This has been true for decades and has included all recent presidents, except Donnie.

Why? Because the wealthy ruling class which controlls Washington, demands open borders.

The really unfortunate thing is how easily the ruling class can manipulate millions of Americans to support their actions, through their control of the media.

I think that the long term multinational corporate benefits of open borders is that the resources of ones country can't be nationalized if the people have no nation or if their allegiance is not to one country. That appears to be how it is playing out world wide.

Could be.

 

[Lesh]

Republicans have been in total control for the last two years. Their agenda was to end healthcare for millions of Americans and past tax cuts for billionaires. They did a pretty good job I think.

Wrong. I agree that was their agenda..but good?

No.."effective" at screwing us over...nothing "good" about it