House Democrats gear up for vote on resolution that aims to nullify President Trump's emergency border declaration.
"I want to make sure that the resolution of disapproval is exactly what I think it is, because if it is as I understand it to be, I will likely be supporting the resolution to disapprove of the action," Murkowski said, The Anchorage Daily News reported Friday.The same day, Murkowski also told Anchorage TV station KTUU, “If it's what I have seen right now, I will support the resolution to disapprove.
Former Obama homeland security secretary Jeh Johnson said in an interview with NBC’s “Meet the Press” on Sunday that he doesn’t think it was appropriate for the president to have declared a national emergency. In declaring the emergency, Trump is expected to have access to $8 billion for the wall, including $3.6 billion in military construction from the Department of Defense.
House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-Md., said at a press conference Monday evening with other House Democrats that he had recently visited the border.