BlindBoo
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Every president since Jimmy Carter has used declarations of national emergency to bypass Congress when they thought it was necessary, so it would not be surprising if President Trump did also..The whole shutdown mess, and the negotiations could have been avoided if Trump had just accepted the 1.6 billion republicans offered him in December. And if he needed more money, all he had to do is call a national emergency because anything qualifies from a dog peeing on his favorite rose bush to a terrorist attack. I suspect we're going to see more national emergencies to by pass congress by the president in future.The situation was never that serious. The last poll I saw showed 86% of Republican voters strongly wanted the border fence, so regardless of how they felt about a national emergency, Republicans in Congress were not going to piss off Republican voters by trying to stop the President from building the fence. On the other hand, Republicans in Congress were anxious about another shutdown, so this compromise relieves everyone's stress and the fence gets built to satisfy Republican voters. It was necessary to go through the negotiations with the Democrats to demonstrate to both Republican voters and Republicans in Congress that the fence simply could not be built with a declaration of national emergency, and the Democrats played their role nicely in the President's little show and tell.Trump needed McConnell's support to block the House in an effort to overturn Trump's National Emergency. Trump signs the deal and McConnell announces his support for the National Emergency.A friend of mine predicted the President would sign such a bill and then declare a national emergency last week, but I argued it would be better for him to agree to short term funding of the government and then declare a national emergency. I still think that would have been a better idea, but I'm guessing this was a compromise to help some Republican members of Congress from purple states avoid the stress of continuing short term funding.Libs are going to be beside themselves !
Trump will sign border bill and declare national emergency: McConnell
Trump will sign border bill and declare national emergency: McConnell
Published: Feb 14, 2019 3:10 p.m. ET
McConnell bitterly opposed a declaration of National Emergency but McConnell realized how devastating another shutdown would be in 2020 so he made a deal with Trump. This is real political deal making something Trump will never understand.
When Trump said he was ready to make a deal on border security and refused to compromise on wall funding which was the only real issue, he wasn't making a deal he was issuing an ultimatum. If you look back at Trump's great deals, you will find they are mostly ultimatums, despite all the bull shit in his books.
Which one of these doesn't have bipartisan support?
Here's a list of the 31 national emergencies that have been in effect for years