Breaking: House Fails to Override Trump Veto - National Emergency Declaration Stands - Granite Grok

Breaking: House Fails to Override Trump Veto – National Emergency Declaration Stands

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Mr. Trump’s first and only veto has been sustained.  The US House of Representatives was unable to rally the votes needed to override the President’s veto of a resolution to terminate his declaration of a national emergency.

A veto override requires two-thirds support, and the House vote fell short, 248-181. Only 14 Republicans voted with their Democratic counterparts to override the veto.

Nancy Pelosi is spinning it as a win none the less.

“Whether we can succeed with the number of votes is not the point,” Speaker Nancy Pelosi told reporters in New York last week. “We are establishing the intent of Congress. … We are Article I, the first branch of government — the legislative branch. The president has decided to be in defiance of the Constitution, to deface it with his actions.”

That’s great Nan, except for that Congress ceded that power (in this context) to the chief executive over 40 years ago.  You’ve been in the House how long? Over thirty years. And you’ve just discovered Article I of the constitution?

Is there any chance you will notice any of the other parts of that document, like the ones that retrain your power?

Probably not.

So, here’s my advice. Use the Constitutional power granted the House to craft legislation to change the power Congress gave presidents that you don’t like. And good luck getting any one of them, including a Democrat, to sign that away.

Trump oh look I won again

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