Partisans on both sides unleashed sharp new rhetoric ahead of Tuesday’s vote on a Democratic-authored resolution that would nullify President Trump’s declaration of a national emergency at the U.S.-Mexico border. They said the real issue at stake in Tuesday’s vote is not Trump’s border wall, but the Constitution and its separation of powers. Republican lawmakers have been reluctant throughout Trump’s presidency to challenge him outright, given the popularity he retains with Republican voters, and his national emergency declaration did not appear to have changed that. California and other states have sued to block the emergency declaration, as have some advocacy groups. Gavin Newsom (D), was in the Capitol on Monday for meetings on the emergency declaration and other issues.

Source: Washington Post February 26, 2019 01:24 UTC