Report: Rand Paul Will Vote AGAINST President Trump’s National Emergency Declaration
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According to that sourcelink, Sen. Rand Paul will reportedly vote against President Trump’s national emergency declaration. However, his reasoning has nothing to do with what the national emergency is about (securing the border with a physical barrier) and everything to do with checks and balances and limiting the powers of the president.
Paul, R-Ky., told a crowd at a dinner at Western Kentucky University on Saturday night that he “can’t vote to give extra Constitutional powers to the president.”
“I can’t vote to give the president the power to spend money that hasn’t been appropriated by Congress,” Paul said, according to the Bowling Green Daily News. “We may want more money for border security, but Congress didn’t authorize it. If we take away those checks and balances, it’s a dangerous thing.”
He’s not alone either. Republican Sens. Collins, Murkowski and Tillis will vote against the declaration as well.
Paul’s vote would make it four, and assuming that all 47 Democrats and their independent allies go against Trump, that would give opponents 51 votes — just past the majority needed.
The House has voted to derail the action, and if the Senate follows later this month, the measure would go to Trump for his promised veto.
Thoughts?
h/t Fox News
