\u201cWhile I strongly prefer that this be addressed through the legislative process, unfortunately, Democrat leaders in Congress refuse to put forth serious proposals to secure the U.S.\/Mexico border, which led to action by the president through the powers granted to him under the National Emergencies Act,\u201d Tipton, R-Cortez, said in a prepared statement after the vote.<\/p>\n
The resolution passed with 232 Democrats voting in favor of blocking the national emergency declaration. (Three Democrats did not cast a vote.)<\/p>\n
Tipton has long supported strong border control. In a conversation Monday with The Durango Herald<\/em>, he emphasized the \u201cimportance of maintaining our border and our security in terms of border threats that are coming over.\u201d<\/p>\n He added: \u201cWe\u2019re hopeful we\u2019ll be able to see legislation actually move through the process. I think that\u2019s important, but we also have empathy for the president\u2019s position.\u201d<\/p>\n Tipton called out House Democrats for what he saw as their unwillingness to work with the Trump administration.<\/p>\n \u201cThey\u2019re not seeing a partner that is willing to work with them, particularly out of the House right now under Speaker (Nancy) Pelosi,\u201d Tipton said.<\/p>\n In his statement after Tuesday\u2019s vote, Tipton said, \u201cNow, the constitutionality of the national emergency declaration will be declared by the Judicial Branch.\u201d<\/p>\n The resolution passed the Democratic-held House with a wide majority Tuesday, with a vote of 245-182. Thirteen Republicans voted alongside Democratic colleagues to block the emergency declaration. The proposal now heads to the Senate.<\/p>\n Sen. Michael Bennet, D-Colo., previously came out in opposition of Trump\u2019s emergency declaration. On Feb. 14, Bennet released a statement saying, \u201cWhatever your politics, every American should worry about President Trump\u2019s attempt to bypass the U.S. Congress by inventing a national emergency.\u201d<\/p>\n Although Bennet has not officially announced a 2020 bid for president, he was sighted in Iowa last weekend, alongside current campaigners.<\/p>\n Sen. Cory Gardner, R-Colo., has been more circumspect in his thoughts about the national emergency. Shortly after Trump\u2019s announcement he said, \u201cI\u2019m currently reviewing the authorities the administration is using to declare a national emergency.\u201d<\/p>\n The resolution is expected to face more opposition in the Republican-controlled Senate.<\/p>\n Liz Weber is a student at American University in Washington, D.C., and an intern for The Durango Herald.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Thirteen Republicans joined Democrats; measure now heads to U.S. Senate<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":95419,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5736,5735],"tags":[23,24,25],"naviga_topic":[],"class_list":["post-95418","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news","category-news","tag-u-s-rep-scott-tipton","tag-u-s-sen-cory-gardner","tag-u-s-sen-michael-bennet"],"acf":[],"author_name":"dh_admin","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95418","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=95418"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95418\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/95419"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=95418"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=95418"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=95418"},{"taxonomy":"naviga_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/naviga_topic?post=95418"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}