Pence floats offer to kill Trump emergency disapproval resolution
Source: The Hill
Vice President Mike Pence is floating an offer to Republican senators that could lead to the defeat of a Democratic resolution overturning President Trumps emergency declaration to build a wall on the Mexican border, according to GOP sources briefed on the matter.
Under the deal offered by Pence, Trump would sign legislation reining in his power to declare future national emergencies if they defeat the resolution of disapproval.
Killing the resolution on the Republican-controlled Senate floor would spare the president a major embarrassment and avoid him having to issue the first veto of his presidency.
But there is some skepticism among GOP senators whether Trump will actually go through with it. And the plan is hurt by the fact that a bill to curb the presidents power to declare national emergencies wont come to the Senate floor until after the March recess.
Read more: https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/433750-pence-floats-offer-to-kill-trump-emergency-disapproval-resolution
A Senate vote disapproving the Emergency Declaration, even if vetoed, will be a strong piece of evidence in the inevitable Court case.
zeusdogmom
(998 posts)Past history shows the man can not be trusted.
Lindsay
(3,276 posts)Trump nor Pence.
marylandblue
(12,344 posts)AJT
(5,240 posts)brooklynite
(94,735 posts)EveHammond13
(2,855 posts)llmart
(15,553 posts)All I saw was "Pence Floats Offer to Kill Trump".
I really need to read the entire headline.
My mind ignored the " emergency disapproval resolution" part.
ha
llmart
(15,553 posts)and yet it seems the logical thing for Pence to do. hahaha
DRoseDARs
(6,810 posts)Dem2theMax
(9,654 posts)keopeli
(3,524 posts)He did this with DACA. First he killed it. Then, he said I'll bring it back if you do what I want.
Truly the behavior of a thug. If it wasn't for him breaking the law by declaring an emergency, he wouldn't have this "bargaining chip".
I broke the law, but I promise to stop breaking the law if you'll do what I want.
Disgusting. But, I have no doubt these idiotic Rubes will go for it.
forgotmylogin
(7,531 posts)"Please! Just give me this one thing and I'll never ever ever ever never EVER ask for anything else ever never ever again..."
cab67
(3,007 posts)Even congressional Republicans know this.
leftieNanner
(15,154 posts)"I Call BS!"
First, Pence has never negotiated in good faith. And second, this isn't how our government works.
"Just let me break the Constitution this one itty bitty time, and I pinkie swear that I'll never do it again."
SkatmanRoth
(843 posts)Internet whispers say Pence was part of the 25th Amendments talks with Rosenstein. Trump would not hesitate to stick a knife in his back if Pence was dis-loyal.
SergeStorms
(19,204 posts)If polls show Trump is behind whomever the Democratic nominee happens to be, he could try to "inspire" his wretched base with a choice that's more to their liking. Someone who's as much as a racist, sexist, xenophobe as himself. With Trump you have to expect the weirdest thing possible.
Chipper Chat
(9,691 posts)That would get him Ohio.
SergeStorms
(19,204 posts)with Roy Moore in the wings in Gym has a little legal trouble. Of course Moore isn't a paragon of virtue either. The whole republican party sucks ass!
Hulk
(6,699 posts)I realize the phrase in their right mind opens up a whole discussion about the repuKKKe politicians, but as evil and sinister as they have shown themselves to be, are they really stupid enough to believe, for one nano-second, that this disgraceful jackass would keep his word on ANYTHING? Knowing full well he wouldnt keep his word, I have little doubt they will enable him further down the path to hell.
More_Cowbell
(2,191 posts)Starting with releasing his taxes.
fierywoman
(7,694 posts)C_U_L8R
(45,021 posts)Sorry pal, you cannot undo the precedent youd set with your power grab
BumRushDaShow
(129,491 posts)Their gawd Raygun was proud to veto stuff and get his way, daring an override. In fact I think he may have had the most vetoes of any President.
If this is vetoed, neither chamber has enough votes to override so it will go into effect.
I don't get this thing about refusing to move legislation to the President unless it is guaranteed to be approved. It's literally like the criminal "Hastert Rule" on steroids, which among the GOP, demands that no legislation go forward unless it has the approval of "the majority of the majority" (when they are the majority).
djacq
(1,634 posts)How about Pence and all the Republican Senators start wearing a T-Shirt that says "I'M WITH CRAY CRAY."
Pence already knows that this Fake Emergency is all kinds of constitutionally wrong but,
that was before he chugalug the Trump Kool-Aid.
cstanleytech
(26,319 posts)to ram through some national emergencies like a National Healthcare Emergency expanding medicare to everyone.
TheRealNorth
(9,500 posts)It would prevent Democrats from doing what Trump did in the future.
cstanleytech
(26,319 posts)can just ignore it and if the Repugnants whine our people can point out that they did nothing to stop Trump when he did it.
rurallib
(62,448 posts)Trumps the ultimate con man and Repukes are the ultimate suckers. A marriage made in hell.
There was enough of them fools (not really but according to our election system) that believed Super Con would never touch SS, Medicaid, Medicare and would create jobs blah, blah blah blah blah.
Power 2 the People
(2,437 posts)sinkingfeeling
(51,474 posts)a national emergency on a whim.
Nitram
(22,890 posts)JustABozoOnThisBus
(23,367 posts)Me.
(35,454 posts)It's the next Dem President
Freethinker65
(10,054 posts)Ignore their constitutional jobs and any shred of ethical behavior they possess and disgrace the Senate for fucking asshole Trump????
Sounds like a sure bet.
lastlib
(23,287 posts)"Pence Offers To Kill tRump" was all I saw.
I thought about taking him up on it.....
DrToast
(6,414 posts)leftynyc
(26,060 posts)the shutdown. They voted a deal they really didn't want because Donnie said he would sign it and got the blame for the shutdown instead. They would be imbeciles to believe him. Which means they will do it.
AdamGG
(1,295 posts)I'm Donald Trump and my word is my bond.
marylandblue
(12,344 posts)All she has to do is say she won't give cover to a fake emergency by inhibiting the President's authority in a real emergency. That would be insinuating that the next Democratic President will in fact misuse national emergency powers and she won't stop it.
George II
(67,782 posts)JDC
(10,133 posts)to claim a national emergency. Meaning "We, the GOP, do what we want", but the future Democratic president will be stymied by this resolution.
Am I misunderstanding this?
Maxheader
(4,374 posts)Skepticism from the wingers? From theys lord and master?
lame54
(35,324 posts)B Stieg
(2,410 posts)on this issue, at least.
watoos
(7,142 posts)Republicans will allow Republican presidents to declare states of emergency but not Democratic presidents. Thats the way I read it.
Amaryllis
(9,525 posts)Can't imagine why anyone would think he may not do what he says he will.
Flaleftist
(3,473 posts)Blue Owl
(50,505 posts)n/t
lancelyons
(988 posts)We wouldnt let trump use this once and then turn it off for future presidents.
Grasswire2
(13,571 posts)Talitha
(6,617 posts)Neither is to be trusted or believed.