Posted on 10/19/2019 12:38:44 PM PDT by upchuck
The Senate didn’t get enough votes to override President Donald Trump’s veto of a resolution that, if it had gone through, would have ended the emergency declaration that included an order to use national security funds to build the wall at the southern border.
The vote on Thursday was 53-36.
Ten Republicans sided with Democrats in voting to try to override the veto: Sens. Roy Blunt (R-Mo.), Susan Collins (R-Maine), Mike Lee (R-Utah), Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska), Rand Paul (R-Ky.), Rob Portman (R-Ohio), Mitt Romney (R-Utah), Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), Pat Toomey (R-Penn.), and Roger Wicker (R-Miss.).
Trump vetoed an identical resolution from the House on March 15, a day after the Senate approved that resolution 59-41.
“Today I am vetoing this resolution. Congress has the freedom to pass this resolution and I have the duty to veto it,” Trump said, calling the congressional resolution “reckless” and “dangerous.”
He said the flood of illegal immigrants amounted to an “invasion,” adding that there is “nowhere left to hold all of the people that we’re capturing.”
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), who opposed the resolution, said he believed Trump was “operating within existing law” and that if senators did not like the powers provided to the president under the National Emergencies Act, “then they should amend it.”
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“Sens. Roy Blunt (R-Mo.), Susan Collins (R-Maine), Mike Lee (R-Utah), Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska), Rand Paul (R-Ky.), Rob Portman (R-Ohio), Mitt Romney (R-Utah), Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), Pat Toomey (R-Penn.), and Roger Wicker (R-Miss.)”
The wall of shame. Traitors all.
ESPECIALLY the two Mormon Traitors who are turning out to be the Mountain Meadows Senators. Time to send the Federal Army back to Ft. Douglas to watch for problems.
36 Dummycrats only voted? LOL. Probably tired of this impeachment nonsense..
No surprise the same traitors who refuse to do anything construction now are desperately trying to stop something constructive being done.
Yo GOP-E MORONS, don’t think voters have not noticed how you all had NO problem with this law until Trump used it to protect the USA.
Ten votes to impeach???? Will they get to 21?????
Telling them that their election funding would be withheld if they didn't shape up is wrong so I won't suggest it.
Errr...ummm...never mind.
Sometimes I can’t tell if Rand Paul is a ‘good guy, on our side’......
....or not!
Senate Fails to Override National Security
If these BASTARDS dare to impeach they WILL LOSE the entire ball of wax!!! House, Senate and POTUS every damn republican in every damn state WILL stay home it WILL NOT matter one bit who the hell s running the government at that point!!! Republicans will be VERY HAPPY to see McConnell and the rest of them GONE!!! BLOW the whole damn thing up and start over!!!
I wish Alaska would dump Murkowski. I wish all those others states would upgrade, too.
Well, there are TEN ANTI-INCUMBENT RINO VOTES!!!
Line them up and vote them OUT.
Sens. Roy Blunt (R-Mo.), Susan Collins (R-Maine), Mike Lee (R-Utah), Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska), Rand Paul (R-Ky.), Rob Portman (R-Ohio), Mitt Romney (R-Utah), Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), Pat Toomey (R-Penn.), and Roger Wicker (R-Miss.)
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Bush League Republicans all.
Cornyn and Grahamnesty would be on this list, but they are up for election this cycle.
F#@king Pat Toomey is trying to please liberals in Philadelphia, Pittsburgh and the Allentown area.
I am ticked off beyond words.
But I will take a little time and then share some with my Senator.
But if not, then the scenario you describe is spot-on. America as founded will be lost to the Left.
These ASSHATS still don’t get it TRUMP WON by not being a pussy footed republican what the hell is the matter with these people are they just BLIND!!!
Well I will never vote for Rubio again...I even sent him money..
Trump has exposed that both the democrats and GOP are corrupt..
He should start a Trump party if he is reelected..
If you do not support him you get nothing..
Winning ugly is still winning. Too bad that even at this late date, Trump has not won over the unanimous approval of all the Senate Republicans.
Democrats have no problem at all with lockstep voting. Of course, they have neither conscience nor souls, so far as may be discerned.
who were the 11 senators that abstained- or failed to vote?
the senate majority leader and RNC will give a pass to
some senators- if they think that senator wants to be able
to show some independance- like Trump does not control me,
I work as a bipartisan with my fellow lawmakers-Blah,Blah,Blah
What’s Rand doing in there?
Those turncoat Republicans betraying Trump in order to suck up to their liberal constituents are horrible spineless people.
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