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S.J. Res. 54 Veto Message (Pres. Trump refuses to end National Emergency status re the border)
whitehouse.gov ^ | 10/16/19 | President Donald Trump

Posted on 10/16/2019 11:34:23 AM PDT by ransomnote

TO THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES:

I am returning herewith without my approval S.J. Res. 54, a joint resolution that would terminate the national emergency I declared in Proclamation 9844 of February 15, 2019, pursuant to the National Emergencies Act, regarding the ongoing crisis on our southern border. I am doing so for the same reasons I returned an identical resolution, H.J. Res. 46, to the House of Representatives without my approval on March 15, 2019.

Proclamation 9844 has helped the Federal Government address the national emergency on our southern border. It has empowered my Administration’s Government-wide strategy to counter large-scale unlawful migration and to respond to corresponding humanitarian challenges through focused application of every Constitutional and statutory authority at our disposal. It has also facilitated the military’s ongoing construction of virtually insurmountable physical barriers along hundreds of miles of our southern border.

The southern border, however, continues to be a major entry point for criminals, gang members, and illicit narcotics to come into our country. As explained in Proclamation 9844, in my veto message regarding H.J. Res. 46, and in congressional testimony from multiple Administration officials, the ongoing crisis at the southern border threatens core national security interests. In addition, security challenges at the southern border exacerbate an ongoing humanitarian crisis that threatens the well-being of vulnerable populations, including women and children.

In short, the situation on our southern border remains a national emergency, and our Armed Forces are still needed to help confront it.

Like H.J. Res. 46, S.J. Res. 54 would undermine the Government’s ability to address this continuing national emergency. It would, among other things, impair the Government’s capacity to secure the Nation’s southern borders against unlawful entry and to curb the trafficking and smuggling that fuels the present humanitarian crisis.

S.J. Res. 54 is also inconsistent with other recent congressional actions. For example, the Congress, in an overwhelmingly bipartisan manner, has provided emergency resources to address the crisis at the southern border. Additionally, the Congress has approved a budget framework that expressly preserves the emergency authorities my Administration is using to address the crisis.

Proclamation 9844 was neither a new nor novel application of executive authority. Rather, it is the sixtieth Presidential invocation of the National Emergencies Act of 1976. It relies upon the same statutory authority used by both of the previous two Presidents to undertake more than 18 different military construction projects from 2001 through 2013. And it has withstood judicial challenge in the Supreme Court.

Earlier this year, I vetoed H.J. Res. 46 because it was a dangerous resolution that would undermine United States sovereignty and threaten the lives and safety of countless Americans. It was, therefore, my duty to return it to the House of Representatives without my approval. It is similarly my duty, in order to protect the safety and security of our Nation, to return S.J. Res. 54 to the Senate without my approval.

DONALD J. TRUMP

THE WHITE HOUSE, October 15, 2019.


TOPICS: Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: border; veto

 

Neither the House nor the Senate are expected to have enough votes to overturn the president's veto.

Explanatory excerpt from an article in TheHill.com:

"The Senate and later the House voted last month to block Trump's national emergency declaration. The Senate voted 54-41 to block the national emergency, and the House voted 236-174, with 11 Republicans in each chamber voting with Democrats.

The measure was aimed at preventing the diversion of $3.6 billion for military construction projects toward the construction of Trump’s wall along the U.S.-Mexico border without congressional approval."

https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/465992-trump-vetoes-congressional-resolution-to-overturn-national-emergency

 


1 posted on 10/16/2019 11:34:23 AM PDT by ransomnote
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To: ransomnote

Primary any republicans who voted for this resolution.


2 posted on 10/16/2019 11:37:04 AM PDT by DannyTN
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To: ransomnote

We really do have to replace the Bush League Republicans who have made a career of fundamentally transforming our country against our will.


3 posted on 10/16/2019 11:38:30 AM PDT by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizens Are Born Here of Citizen Parents_Know Islam, No Peace-No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: ransomnote

I thought a judge blocked the use of Military Funds for the border wall


4 posted on 10/16/2019 11:40:26 AM PDT by martinidon
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To: ransomnote

Of course. The Defense Budget is stuffed full of pork spending for their home districts. We pay billions for stuff the Military neither wants nor needs to keep the pork rolling into these clown’s districts. That why the Military has had no problem re-assigning the waste to a useful project at the border. This is also why the Congress clowns are so hysteric about Trump doing it.


5 posted on 10/16/2019 11:43:13 AM PDT by MNJohnnie (They would have to abandon leftism to achieve sanity. Freeper Olog-hai)
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To: martinidon

A Judge is not god. They can issue their ruling, which get staid during the appeal. Just a Facist clown in Robe over reaching his authority which superior courts had all ready ruled on.


6 posted on 10/16/2019 11:44:35 AM PDT by MNJohnnie (They would have to abandon leftism to achieve sanity. Freeper Olog-hai)
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To: martinidon

You are correct. But, this issue has already been to the SC so, that order was in defiance of previous SC ruling. That order should be ignored. I don’t know what the administration is doing in relation to that order.


7 posted on 10/16/2019 11:46:36 AM PDT by ocrp1982 (Lurking since the late 90's. Recently retired. No tagline yet.)
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To: ransomnote

I hate the Rinos more than the stupid Dems!


8 posted on 10/16/2019 11:47:25 AM PDT by Harpotoo (Being a socialist is a lot easier than having to WORK like the rest of US:-))
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To: martinidon

The Supreme Court allowed the Trump administration to use $2.5 billion of military funds until a final decision has been made by the courts. One federal judge can’t overrule the Supreme Court.


9 posted on 10/16/2019 12:00:16 PM PDT by convoter2016
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To: ransomnote

I’m not sure they even really care either way. I think they just had to throw this out there to make themselves look good for going through the motions and trying. They full well knew he would not sign it before they ever started it.


10 posted on 10/16/2019 12:00:17 PM PDT by Openurmind (The ultimate test of a moral society is the kind of world it leaves to its children. ~ D. Bonhoeffer)
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To: Harpotoo

“I hate the Rinos more than the stupid Dems.”

RINOs of the GOPe variety are two-faced, double-dealing, ass-clowns and I too hard them worse than the evil rat-bastards in the Democratic Party.

We need to primary out every one of them starting with Mittens Romney.

We also need to primary every Republican who sports the ridiculous semi pompadour hairstyle.


11 posted on 10/16/2019 12:38:45 PM PDT by wildcard_redneck (If the Trump Administration doesn't prosecute the coup plotters he loses the election in 2020)
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To: MNJohnnie

Those guys get snarky just because they get to wear the black dress


12 posted on 10/16/2019 12:59:47 PM PDT by SMARTY ("Nobility is defined by the demands it makes on us - by obligations, not by rights".)
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To: ransomnote; All
In San Diego, officials say new wall is helping bring border numbers down

13 posted on 10/16/2019 1:58:20 PM PDT by Amendment10
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To: ransomnote

Kudos, Mr. President.


14 posted on 10/16/2019 6:45:25 PM PDT by SharpRightTurn (Chuck Schumer--giving pond scum everywhere a bad name.)
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