House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said Wednesday she would introduce legislation later this week to block President Donald Trump’s national emergency declaration to build his wall along the southern border, moving “swiftly” to place it on the president’s desk. In a letter to fellow lawmakers, Pelosi urged colleagues to co-sponsor the resolution written by Rep. Joaquin Castro (D-Texas). Under the National Emergencies Act, which Trump is citing to claim authority to declare a border emergency, Congress can vote to disapprove and essentially block the declaration. The resolution is likely to pass the House and possibly the Senate, but Trump could still veto it. Trump declared the national emergency last week in an effort to unilaterally seize funding for his long-promised wall.

Source: Huffington Post February 21, 2019 05:37 UTC