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Whip List: Where Republicans stand on emergency declaration vote | TheHill

posted onFebruary 26, 2019
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Article snippet: Republicans will soon have to go on the record over whether they back President Trump's emergency declaration to secure more money for a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border. House Democrats are plowing ahead with a Tuesday vote on a resolution sponsored by Rep. Joaquin Castro (D-Texas) that would terminate the emergency declaration. With virtually unanimous support among Democrats, the measure is expected to easily pass in the House. In the upper chamber, Democrats need four Senate Republicans to secure the 51 votes needed to send the resolution to Trump's desk. Trump is expected to veto any resolution to terminate his emergency declaration. Neither chamber is expected to have the two-thirds needed to override a veto. Here's where key Republicans stand on the Democratic resolution.   RECENT UPDATES: Sen. Thom Tillis (N.C.). Please send updates to mmali@thehill.com.   HOUSE YES (1) Rep. Justin Amash (Mich.) The Michigan libertarian, a frequent Trump critic, accused the president of trying to “circumvent our constitutional system.” “The same congressional Republicans who joined me in blasting Pres. Obama’s executive overreach now cry out for a king to usurp legislative powers. If your faithfulness to the Constitution depends on which party controls the White House, then you are not faithful to it,” Amash tweeted.   LIKELY YES (1) Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler (Wash.) “If President Obama had ever hinted at using emergency powers in this way, I would have spoken out stron... Link to the full article to read more

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