), during a photo opportunity with House committee chairs of the 116th Congress on Capitol Hill on Jan. 11, 2019. But Democrats have moved quickly behind the scenes to defend against a possible emergency declaration, a step that members of both parties increasingly view as inevitable. “Look, an emergency cannot be whatever a president says an emergency is,” said Rep. Jamie B. Raskin (D-Md. Even if the GOP-controlled Senate joined House Democrats, Trump would presumably veto it. While some Republicans have expressed queasiness over an emergency declaration, including Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Charles E. Grassley (Iowa), others have been fully supportive.

Source: Washington Post January 12, 2019 00:07 UTC