Why Republicans Are Cautioning Trump Against Using Emergency Powers
in order to build a border wall have led to an unusually high amount of pushback from Republicans concerned about executive overreach. As the partial government shutdown edged toward becoming the longest in U.S. history on Friday, Trump again said he may invoke broad emergency powers if House Democrats won’t agree to $5.7 billion in funding for the wall. “I’m not going to do it so fast,” he told reporters at the White House Friday. “We want Congress to do its job.” But the suggestion to use emergency powers ruffled the feathers of ...
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