Let's hope we can come to an agreement on this before the small government types lay down to kingship powers of emergency declarations over a long term problem. Again.
No one is "laying down to kingship powers". The president has the unchallenged authority to declare national emergencies
as he see fits.
Did you have a tantrum when Barry Obama declared a total of
thirteen national emergencies during his time in office?
Did you know he said there was "an actual humanitarian crisis on the border"?
President Obama Also Faced A 'Crisis' At The Southern Border
You people have zero credibility due to examples like this. You make yourself irrelevant.
A crisis is not a National emergency.
Congress is who has the power to fund National Emergencies, our Representatives, not the President.
What congress did is authorize the president to declare a National emergency so he can grab funds from other areas that is needed immediately to help our citizens in that natural disaster, when Congress is out of town or not able to do so as quickly as needed, so that our citizens hurt by a massive hurricane or massive wild fire or massive tornado or massive earthquake, can get financial help right away.... until Congress can legislate and fund it.
Our congress determined the border crisis is not a National Emergency and funded the crisis, to the level that they decided was needed for the crisis.
President Trump decided, for political purposes only and to buck our representatives who constitutionally have the power of the purse, that he wanted more money than what congress allotted, and is trying to go around Congress and the constitution, to get his money for his political purpose.
Money that could not possibly all be spent, in the next year. Which is a CLEAR indication, that it is NOT a National EMERGENCY.
He is ABUSING the power Congress gave him, to do such imo.