Not a spine in the whole caucus
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That is incredibly alarming.People do realize if this happens then Trump will have an UNCHECKED ability to take over domestic communications, seize Americans’ bank accounts, and deploy U.S. troops to any foreign country. These are but a few powers the President has during a declared national emergency.The whole POINT of declaring a national emergency is so that the President can act quickly on behalf of congress during unforeseen events where congress can not act fast enough, such as shutting down communication facilities or drawing equipment from national defense stockpiles.EDIT: (see below), I see this is limited to the 3 EOs Trump signed to assign duties (tax/tariffs), per the tweet.
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Ok found it, you can click the PDF link to view the text: https://rules.house.gov/bill/119/hr-PIH-full-year-continuing-appropriations-and-extensions-act-2025
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I should note the Feb 1, 2025 date at the end I suppose limits it to these 3 national emergencies that Trump declared that day, basically imposing duties (aka import tax) on Mexico, China, and maybe Canada I haven't checked yet. This somewhat limits his power to those listed in the national emergency details, I think.
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Executive_Order_14193
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It’s working. Can’t call a vote on the tariffs:
Trump’s flying solo.
I remember when “pen and phone” was offensive.
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@taiwan_girl said in Not a spine in the whole caucus:
If the senators do not pass the spending bill, what happens to the original one from the representatives? Do that have to draft a new one? (That may or may not include the tariff language?)
I think others understand these sort of procedural things way better than me.
Then again Congress is explicitly just giving up their power to the executive, so who knows.
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@taiwan_girl said in Not a spine in the whole caucus:
If the senators do not pass the spending bill, what happens to the original one from the representatives? Do that have to draft a new one? (That may or may not include the tariff language?)
I think others understand these sort of procedural things way better than me.
Then again Congress is explicitly just giving up their power to the executive, so who knows.
@xenon said in Not a spine in the whole caucus:
Then again Congress is explicitly just giving up their power to the executive, so who knows.
Chuck Schumer now says he will vote to keep the government funded precisely because he fears a government shutdown will cede even more power to Trump.
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@xenon said in Not a spine in the whole caucus:
Then again Congress is explicitly just giving up their power to the executive, so who knows.
Chuck Schumer now says he will vote to keep the government funded precisely because he fears a government shutdown will cede even more power to Trump.
@Axtremus said in Not a spine in the whole caucus:
@xenon said in Not a spine in the whole caucus:
Then again Congress is explicitly just giving up their power to the executive, so who knows.
Chuck Schumer now says he will vote to keep the government funded precisely because he fears a government shutdown will cede even more power to Trump.
Chuck got his ass handed to him. Gillebrand could literally be heard screaming down the hallway, as the Dems were in their closed door meeting, wanting to know what the hell they were doing.
