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Lawmakers block Pentagon move to transfer $1 billion for Trump's border wall [Misleading Title]
MSN ^ | 3/26/2019 | Ryan Pickrell

Posted on 03/26/2019 1:27:27 PM PDT by dhuls

Lawmakers blocked the Department of Defense's move to transfer $1 billion for the construction of a physical barrier along the US-Mexico border, the latest showdown in the battle over the border wall that President Trump has vowed to build.

On Monday, the Pentagon authorized the transfer of funds to Army engineers for projects along the border, which include building 57 miles of 18-foot-high fencing, constructing and improving roads, and installing lighting in support of Department of Homeland Security and Customs and Border Patrol. The move was carried out under the president's declaration of a national emergency, the department said in a statement.

As Acting Secretary of Defense Patrick Shanahan was testifying before his committee, Rep. Adam Smith, the Democrat who chairs the House Armed Services Committee, released a letter denying the Pentagon's move to reprogram $1 billion.

"The House Committee on Armed Services has completed its review of the proposed reprogramming request," Smith's letter read, according to a copy obtained by Military Times. "The committee denies this request."

In a more detailed statement, Smith called the Department of Defense's decision to reprogram $1 billion without Congressional approval a violation of trust. "DoD is attempting to circumvent Congress and the American people's opposition to using taxpayer money for the construction of an unnecessary wall."

(Excerpt) Read more at msn.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 116th; border; borderwall; house; lawmakers; obstructionistdems; pentagon; trumpdod; trumpwall; veryfakenews
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To: gaijin

It is time for a Revolution and I am serious.


21 posted on 03/26/2019 1:47:18 PM PDT by Herman Ball
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To: Mariner

They don’t care whats needed...the idea is to drain resources of this administration and stop or slow it down.


22 posted on 03/26/2019 1:47:24 PM PDT by caww
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To: dhuls

Adam Smith does not have that authority, nor does his Committee. The entire House already had it’s little resolution disagreeing with the President’s emergency declaration and failed to override Trump’s veto. This is pure and simple grandstanding. Adam Smith is a corrupt idiot who doesn’t even know what his authority is.


23 posted on 03/26/2019 1:50:12 PM PDT by falcon99 (qu)
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To: dhuls

The federal government spends money on thousands of truly unnecessary things every day, generally with nary a peep about it from dem lawmakers. The fact that they are fighting this particular expenditure with everything they have proves that it IS absolutely necessary.


24 posted on 03/26/2019 1:50:22 PM PDT by noiseman (The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.`)
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To: dhuls

Are we, the American people, going to have ANY republicans stand up to this twit??? Are we???


25 posted on 03/26/2019 1:50:27 PM PDT by JBW1949 (I'm really PC....PATRIOTICALLY CORRECT!!!!)
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To: rstrahan

The Senate Judiciary committee alone didn’t approve Brett Kavanaugh as Supreme Court Justice. This house committee can’t by itself block a $1 billion transfer. Who wrote this headline is wrong.


26 posted on 03/26/2019 1:51:04 PM PDT by convoter2016
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To: Innovative

Funds are reprogrammed between programs all the time. That procedure needs the blessing of the responsible committee. This is not a reprogramming, this is a funding need due to a national emergency. Congress has no say.


27 posted on 03/26/2019 1:52:37 PM PDT by Mouton (The media is the enemy of the people.)
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To: dhuls
Let’s see what Barr says.
28 posted on 03/26/2019 1:53:42 PM PDT by liberalh8ter (The only difference between flash mob 'urban yutes' and U.S. politicians is the hoodies.)
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To: faithhopecharity
"....By what legal authority? I think Not

Correct. This twit has no such power to somehow declare or block the transfer since it was made under the national emergency declaration and the House was unable to pass thier likely illegal effort to override the President's veto.

It'a MSN = Fake News.

29 posted on 03/26/2019 1:54:12 PM PDT by Sa-teef
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To: dhuls

The reprioritizing of money was not blocked by the committee. The D Chairman said he would not approve of this action but his disapproval is nothing more than show, as he, nor his committee have any power to stop it. Another fake news headline which of course is not accurate or thruthful.


30 posted on 03/26/2019 1:57:22 PM PDT by fatman6502002 ((The Team The Team The Team - Bo Schembechler circa 1969))
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To: dhuls

Globalist Smith is an open border guy......been a strong voice in Congress advocating to pass legislation that creates a pathway to citizenship. ..also advocating for new legislation to reform deportation and detention policies. Plus he’s big on giving our money to foreign entities.


31 posted on 03/26/2019 1:58:38 PM PDT by caww
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To: Sa-teef

I knew posting this would create quite a frenzy! I believe it’s good for us to all see the extent the Fake News media and the elected nuts in Congress will go.


32 posted on 03/26/2019 2:01:48 PM PDT by dhuls (better late than never)
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To: rstrahan

Exactly. As long as it’s already in the DoD budget and it’s the right “color” of money to use on such a project, Congress has no say in its use.


33 posted on 03/26/2019 2:02:15 PM PDT by Future Snake Eater (Plans are worthless, but planning is everything. - Dwight Eisenhower, 1957)
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To: dhuls
FOOLS! It will get built.


34 posted on 03/26/2019 2:10:12 PM PDT by Constitution Day (G A B)
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To: Future Snake Eater

.....BINGO !


35 posted on 03/26/2019 2:10:43 PM PDT by Squantos (Be polite, be professional, but have a plan to kill everyone you meet ...)
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To: JoSixChip; All

The news report is correct. The Committee within Congress refused to report it out of Committee and send it to the floor of the House. I am not sure what the next step might be, but the current news is accurate.


36 posted on 03/26/2019 2:13:03 PM PDT by gleeaikin
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To: dhuls

Investigate this ‘lawmaker’ for collusion with the drug cartels.


37 posted on 03/26/2019 2:13:33 PM PDT by rfp1234 (I don't watch CNN for the same reason I don't drink from the toilet.)
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To: dhuls

Nice try. The emergency declaration was an end run around this. They tried and failed to over-ride his veto.
Enjoy the wall...bit@h.


38 posted on 03/26/2019 2:13:34 PM PDT by DesertRhino (Dog is man's best friend, and moslems hate dogs. Add that up. ....)
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To: caww
Post 16...a creepy looking character.....

My exact thought!!

39 posted on 03/26/2019 2:15:15 PM PDT by pollywog (" O thou who changest not....ABIDE with me")
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To: dhuls

Lawmakers didn’t block anything.
What an outrageously false headline, even for these days!

They can go to court and try.


40 posted on 03/26/2019 2:16:32 PM PDT by mrsmith (Dumb sluts: Lifeblood of the Media, Backbone of the Democrat/RINO Party!)
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