Statement on H.J. Res. 46
By: Ma Redpine
Tags: Democrats, National Emergency, Republicans, Politics, Donald Trump

The H.J. Res. 46 bill is to terminate the national emergency related to the United States-Mexico border, declared by U.S. President Donald Trump on 15 Feb 2019. He had demanded for nearly $6 billion funds to build the southern border wall but the latest government spending bill provided only $1.7 billion for the border wall. Trump needs to understand that the funding appropriations are always very compromised between the Democrats and Republicans in the United States Congress. The President of any party may NOT get what he or she wishes or wants from the U.S. Congress, who is seriously taking obligations to resolve a lot of compromises before they can go onto the same page.

Marian (D-Georgia) issued this statement on President Trump’s first veto ever of his presidency.

“I proudly applauded all Democrats and a combined total of the 25 Republicans in the U.S. Congress for supporting the bipartisan H.J. Res. 46 legislation to REJECT President Trump’s national emergency declaration, citing serious concerns about the current and future President’s abuses of executive branch powers. As the American-born citizen and registered voter, I sincerely thanked all 25 Republicans for defending the U.S. Constitution and putting our country first over their political party.

“The U.S. House of Representatives passed 245–182 with the 13 Republicans joining all 232 Democrats on 26 Feb 2019.

● Justin Amash (MI-03)

● Brian Fitzpatrick (PA-01)

● Mike Gallagher (WI-08)

● Jaime Herrera-Beutler (WA-03)

● Will Hurd (TX-23)

● Dusty Johnson (SD-AL)

● Thomas Massie (KY-04)

● Cathy McMorris Rodgers (WA-05)

● Francis Rooney (FL-19)

● Jim Sensenbrenner (WI-05)

● Elise Stefanik (NY-21)

● Fred Upton (MI-06)

● Greg Walden (OR-02)

“The U.S. Senate passed 59–41 with the 12 Republicans joining all 47 Democrats (including 2 Independents) on 14 Mar 2019.

● Lamar Alexander (Tennessee)

● Roy Blunt (Missouri)

● Susan Collins (Maine)

● Mike Lee (Utah)

● Jerry Moran (Kansas)

● Lisa Murkowski (Alaska)

● Rand Paul (Kentucky)

● Rob Portman (Ohio)

● Mitt Romney (Utah)

● Marco Rubio (Florida)

● Pat Toomey (Pennsylvania)

● Roger Wicker (Mississippi)

“As a resident and registered voter from the Peach State, I was very disappointed in my congressional district’s Representative Austin Scott (GA-08) along with the 181 other Representatives and both Senators Johnny Isakson and David Perdue along with the 39 other Senators that they shamefully supported President Trump’s unconstitutional declaration of the national emergency to enforce funding the border wall.

“Yesterday, I was extremely disappointed that President Trump recklessly vetoed the bipartisan bill and sent it back to the U.S. House of Representatives. SHAME on President Trump! That’s right, he and the White House are very embarrassed in laughter!!!!!

“House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D, CA-12) has confirmed that the House will hold a veto override vote on March 26th when the lawmakers return from the one-week recess. Unfortunately, the veto override requires the 2/3 majority votes to pass in each of both chambers. Good Luck!”