More than two dozen former Republican lawmakers have joined together to call on current GOP representatives in Congress to terminate President Donald Trump’s declaration of a national emergency to pay for his promised U.S.-Mexico border wall. Some 26 ex-GOP members of Congress penned an open letter — subtitled “Honor Your Oath and Protect the Constitution” — which was published on the Project On Government Oversight watchdog’s website on Monday. It sets out two arguments “against allowing a president — any president, regardless of party — to circumvent congressional authority.”And it ends with a plea:We who have served where you serve now call on you to honor your oath of office and to protect the Constitution and the responsibilities it vested in Congress. We ask that you pass a joint resolution terminating the emergency declared by the President on February 15, 2019. Read the full letter here.

Source: Huffington Post February 26, 2019 11:03 UTC