Senate On Verge Of Blocking Trump Emergency Declaration With Latest GOP Defection

gwb-trading said:
Senate On Verge Of Blocking Trump Emergency Declaration With Latest GOP Defection
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/dc/se...p-emergency-declaration-with-latest-defection

Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC) announced he’ll vote to undo President Trump’s border wall emergency declaration Monday evening, making him the third Senate Republican to do so and leaving the Senate just one vote short of passing a major rebuke to the President.

“As a U.S. senator, I cannot justify providing the executive with more ways to bypass Congress. As a conservative, I cannot endorse a precedent that I know future left-wing presidents will exploit to advance radical policies that will erode economic and individual freedoms,” Tillis wrote in an op-ed in the Washington Post.

He joins Sens. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) and Susan Collins (R-ME) in planning to vote to block Trump’s decision to declare a national emergency along the U.S.-Mexico border and seize money that Congress appropriated for other defense construction, putting the measure on the brink of passage. More than a dozen other Senate Republicans have voiced some degree of displeasure with Trump’s move, and if one more defects from their party, an impending Senate resolution will pass the Senate.

That wouldn’t have a ton of real-world impact — Trump’s move has already been tied up in the courts, and Trump will veto the resolution if it passes. But it would be an embarrassing setback for the President, generating new headlines about his unpopular move. It would also mark the first time a significant chunk of Republicans decided to buck Trump on a major issue.

Tillis faces a potentially competitive reelection in his slightly Republican-leaning state, and may have one eye on 2020. Others who face the same concern may make similar moves, as may more institutionalist-minded Republicans who have little to fear from Trump. The House is expected to pass the measure on Tuesday, and the Senate vote will most likely happen sometime before mid-March.
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I will welcome all these RINO liberals losing in the next election! All they do is oppose the polices of President Trump. Under the US constitution, the US President has the duty to secure the US borders! We would not even be discussing this issue if the RINO liberals provided border wall funding when the Republicans controlled both the House and Senate! It is their right to challenge it in court however, they undercut President Trump by being hostile to his policies? They should all move to the Democrat party because they are all liberals anyway!
 
gwb-trading said:
You do realize that many voters don’t strictly vote party line on our state? Even among those with a party registration many will cross party lines to vote for an existing office holder viewed as supporting the needs of our state and working well with constituents.
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The last time a democrat won by 10 million + votes (Obama 08) Kay Hagon won NC by 7 points.Tillis barely won in 2014 by less than 2 points and that was a republican year.If Tillis could only win by less than 2 points in a low turnout mid term republican year like 2014 I like the democrats chances in a presidential year election that the democrat presidential nominee will be winning by 10 million + votes.
 
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Here’s the kicker, Trump may be legally in the right, at least on some of the money he has identified as a source for barrier construction.

The monies he has targeted from the DEA and CBP is will most likely stand a legal challenge. The defense money he targeted most likely will not.
 
Tony Stark said:
The last time a democrat won by 10 million + votes (Obama 08) Kay Hagon won NC by 7 points.Tillis barely won in 2014 by less than 2 points and that was a republican year.If Tillis could only win by less than 2 points in a low turnout mid term republican year like 2014 I like the democrats chances in a presidential year election that the democrat presidential nominee will be winning by 10 million + votes.
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And since then Kay Hagan was voted out due to her poor performance in office -- she was viewed by voters in our state as serving her own ambitions and not the people of North Carolina.

In his last election in 2014 Tillis was a new candidate for the Senate office; now he is an incumbent that voters in the state perceive to have served his constituents well.

In a similar vein I expect that Republican (and former NC governor) will run for governor again in 2020. I expect that he will have a difficult time taking out the current Democratic governor Roy Cooper who currently is perceived in our state as being likeable and focused on the needs of the people. Some Republicans will cross the aisle to vote for Cooper in the same way that some Democrats will cross the aisle to vote for Tillis in our state.

Voters in our "purple" state tend not to strictly follow party lines on their ballots.
 
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gwb-trading said:
In his last election in 2014 Tillis was a new candidate for the Senate office; now he is an incumbent that voters in the state perceive to have served his constituents well.
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Tillis has a 36 % approval rating

https://morningconsult.com/2018/10/10/americas-most-and-least-popular-senators-10-10/
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gwb-trading said:
And since then Kay Hagan was voted out due to her poor performance in office -- she was viewed by voters in our state as serving her own ambitions and not the people of North Carolina.

In his last election in 2014 Tillis was a new candidate for the Senate office; now he is an incumbent that voters in the state perceive to have served his constituents well.

In a similar vein I expect that Republican (and former NC governor) will run for governor again in 2020. I expect that he will have a difficult time taking out the current Democratic governor Roy Cooper who currently is perceived in our state as being likeable and focused on the needs of the people. Some Republicans will cross the aisle to vote for Cooper in the same way that some Democrats will cross the aisle to vote for Tillis in our state.

Voters in our "purple" state tend not to strictly follow party lines on their ballots.
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People have the right to vote for who they want running their political affairs. Their policies do not affect me as I do not live in their states. My only concern is the border wall. These RINO politicans make it seem they are doing the rest of us any favors, which they are not! Undercutting and opposing President Trump only helps the Democrats radical agenda.
 
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