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WASHINGTON (AP)\u00a0\u00a0The Senate resoundingly approved a border security compromise Thursday that ignores most of President Donald Trump’s demands for building a wall with Mexico but would prevent a new government shutdown. The White House said Trump, as he’s suggested for weeks, would quickly declare a national emergency and perhaps invoke other executive powers to try to shift money to wall-building from elsewhere in the federal budget.<\/p>\n
House passage and Trump’s signature were assured, which for now would stamp a bipartisan coda on a nasty melee that’s dominated the initial months of power sharing in Washington.<\/p>\n
The specter of the national-emergency declaration has produced widespread opposition in Congress, but Trump is under pressure to soothe his conservative base and avoid looking like he’s surrendered in his wall battle with Congress.<\/p>\n
At the White House, Press Secretary Sarah Sanders said Trump would sign the bill and take “other executive action, including a national emergency.” She added, “The president is once again delivering on his promise to build the wall, protect the border, and secure our great country.”<\/p>\n
The top two Democrats in Congress say President Donald Trump’s upcoming move to declare a national emergency to fund his U.S.-Mexico border wall would be “a lawless act” and “a gross abuse of the power of the presidency.”<\/p>\n
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer say in a joint statement that “Congress will defend our constitutional authorities.”<\/p>\n
Pelosi has the ability to pass legislation to overturn any such move by Trump, and that measure could pass the GOP-held Senate as well, though Trump could veto it. Trump’s move would also face a certain court challenge.<\/p>\n
Pelosi and Schumer say, “This is not an emergency, and the president’s fearmongering doesn’t make it one.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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