Pelosi: Border emergency fight is about Trump, not presidential powers

Posted on AllSides March 13th, 2019
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Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Thursday the House will not take up a new Senate GOP bill to curb the National Emergencies Act, saying her goal is to constrain President Trump, not to tackle the bigger presidential powers issues.

“Republican senators are proposing new legislation to allow the president to violate the Constitution just this once in order to give themselves cover,” she said. “The House will not take up this legislation to give President Trump a pass.”

She was referring to a new bill by Sen. Mike Lee that would,...

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