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Analysis: GOP senators struggle to escape no-win border vote


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Even if Trump vetoes the measure, as expected, it will set precedent for other money grabs by future occupants of the White House.This is why they tried to talk Trump out of invoking national emergency powers and why they’re now in a no-win situation as they prepare to vote.“People are caught between the need for border security — and agreeing with what the president’s trying to do — but not how he’s trying to do it,” said Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa, the senior-most Republican senator.In the days ahead, senators will be required to vote on a resolution, already approved by Democrats in the House, to terminate Trump’s executive action.Senate Republicans don’t have the votes to stop what Trump is doing, nor do they necessarily want to. The best way to stop that is to make sure I win the election.”Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, presented colleagues during the lunchtime meeting with a proposal to revisit the 1976 National Emergencies Act, clawing back some of the authority Congress ceded decades ago that paved the way for Trump’s action.Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., has been working on a plan suggesting Trump could do away with his declaration completely by simply repurposing existing money to build the wall rather than invoking the emergency orders to take more dollars.Other senators are swapping other ideas.“This has been a little bit of a wake-up call,” said Texas Sen. John Cornyn, a member of the GOP leadership.Cornyn said most lawmakers were simply not aware that Congress over the years has been “so willing to delegate our authority” to the president.

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