translated from Spanish: Republican Pact would avoid defeat in border security

WASHINGTON (AP) – the White House and Republican senators were seeking an agreement to limit presidential powers to declare national emergencies of unilaterally, while they increase the possibilities of that Donald Trump can avoid the expected rejection of the Congress in his efforts to spend billions of dollars to the construction of barriers along the border with Mexico.
As approaches the vote on Thursday in the Senate, Republican senators Mike Lee of Utah, and Thom Tillis, of North Carolina, among others, discussed with the White House on related legislation that could reduce the ability of the Presidents of declared national emergencies. If Trump is commit to sign a bill limiting this ability to face the future, more senators from his party would endorse its declaration to the border in the crucial vote.
Lee and Tillis were among five senators who gathered privately on Tuesday with Vice President Mike Pence in the Capitol, in an attempt of training Republican looking for props to Trump. As the House of representatives, controlled by Democrats, voted last month to block the President’s initiative, the approval of the Senate would mean that the resolution would come to the White House, where would face what could be the first veto of Trump.
On Tuesday night there were indications that Republican opposition to the Declaration of Trump for the border was softening. If so, the State of emergency would allow President divert 3,600 million in military construction projects to lift barriers, even though Congress had approved not to concede more than 1,400 million for this item in the budget.
Tillis is one of the four Republican senators who have said they would vote with the Democrats against the Declaration. At a lunch on Tuesday closed, Tillis suggested that he could be open to support leader, according to two sources familiar with his statements. One said that you Senator told his colleagues that it would change the meaning of their vote if Trump was really willing to limit the presidential powers to enact emergency without the approval of Congress.
The two sources spoke on condition of anonymity to reveal private talks. Tillis Advisor did not respond to messages. The Senator faces a possible tough competition for re-election next year.
Republicans control the Senate by 53-47, which means that four defections would be enough to block the Trump plan. The other senators are Susan Collins, Maine; Lisa Murkowski, of Alaska, and Rand Paul, Kentucky.
However, confrontation would highlight a clash that Trump has been forced to protect his promise to build the wall along the border between Mexico and United States: vetoing a bill submitted by a Senate Republican majority. Congress has ever voted to reverse a Presidential Emergency Declaration.
The proposal of Lee, revealed on Tuesday night, contemplates the future presidential emergency to last 30 days unless Congress decides to extend it. This would apply to new cases, not to the situation declared by Trump at the border.

 

 

 



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