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    Default BREAKING NEWS: President Trump has the authority granted to him by Congress

    The left has been losing its collective mind over President Trump claiming that he might declare a National Emergency at the southern border to build the wall. Many have wrongly claimed that the President does not have the power to do such a thing and have called him a wannabe dictator

    Well, I have news for them. President Trump DOES have broad authority granted to the President in 1976. Read it and educate yourself

    https://www.congress.gov/bill/94th-c...ouse-bill/3884

    Summary: H.R.3884 — 94th Congress (1975-1976)All Information (Except Text)

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    Reported to Senate with amendment(s) (08/26/1976)
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    National Emergencies Act - =Title I: Terminating Existing Declared Emergencies= - States that all powers and authorities conferred by law upon the President, any other officer or employee of the Federal Government, or any department, agency, independent establishment, or any other body of the Federal Government, and all powers and authorities conferred by any Executive Order pursuant to law as a result of the existence of any national emergency in effect on the date of enactment of this Act are terminated two years from the date of such enactment. Defines such emergency as a general declaration of emergency made by the President.

    =Title II: Declarations of Future National Emergencies= - States that, with respect to Acts of Congress authorizing the exercise of any special or extraordinary power during a national emergency, the President is authorized to declare such national emergency.

    Provides that any national emergency declared by the President in accordance with this title shall terminate if (1) Congress terminates the emergency by concurrent resolution; or (2) the President issues a proclamation terminating the emergency.

    Requires that, not later than six months after a national emergency is declared, and not later than the end of each six-month period thereafter during which such emergency continues, each House of Congress shall meet to consider a vote on a concurrent resolution to determine whether that emergency shall be terminated.

    =Title III: Exercise of Emergency Powers and Authorities= - States that when the President declares a national emergency, no powers made available by statute for use in the event of an emergency shall become operative unless and until the President specifies the specific provisions of law under which he proposes that he, or other officers will act.

    =Title IV: Accountability and Reporting Requirements of the President= - Provides that when the President declares a national emergency, or Congress declares war, the President shall be responsible for maintaining a file, and an index thereof, of all significant orders issued by the President.

    Directs the President to transmit to Congress within 90 days after the end of each six-month period after such declaration, a report on the total expenditures incurred by the United States Government during such six-month period which are directly attributable to the exercise of powers and authorities conferred by such declaration. Requires that, not later than 90 days after the termination of each such emergency or war, the President shall transmit a final report on all such expenditures.

    =Title V: Repeal and Continuation of Certain Emergency Power and Other Statutes= - Repeals that provision of the Immigration and Nationality Act which stipulates that a native born or naturalized citizen of the United States shall lose his nationality for departing from or remaining outside of the jurisdiction of the United States in time of war or during a period declared by the President to be a period of national emergency for the purpose of evading or avoiding training and service in the military, air, or naval forces of the United States.

    Repeals the requirement that leases on specified property under the control of a military department must permit the Secretary of that department to revoke the lease at any time.

    Repeals specified regulations of consumer credit.

    Repeals that provision of the Tennessee Valley Authority Act of 1933, as amended, prohibiting the Tennessee Valley Authority from selling products except ferrophosphorus for use outside of the United States.

    Repeals that provision of the criminal code which makes it a crime to enter, remain in, leave, or commit any act in any military area contrary to restrictions applicable thereto which have been prescribed under the authority of an Executive Order of the President or designated military officer.

    Repeals the designated provisions of law regarding the promotion of commissioned officers of the Public Health Service.

    Repeals designated provisions of the Merchant Ship Sales Act of 1946 regarding price adjustments on the sale of surplus war-built vessels to United States citizens.

    Exempts designated provisions of law from this Act.

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    Excellent factual points. Thanks for posting this.

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    trump never called this a national emergency until the government shutdown. It's his latest desperate, fear-mongering attempt to try to get a wall built.

    A national emergency was 9/11 and that was almost 20 years ago. trump cheapens the term with his boneheaded rhetoric about immigrants.


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    Quote Originally Posted by christiefan915 View Post
    trump never called this a national emergency until the government shutdown. It's his latest desperate, fear-mongering attempt to try to get a wall built. A national emergency was 9/11 and that was almost 20 years ago. trump cheapens the term with his boneheaded rhetoric about immigrants.
    He has the authority. He has the power. He has the will.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Legion View Post
    He has the authority. He has the power. He has the will.
    He has no facts to back up the claims of a national emergency. AFAIK he didn't even use that term during the thick of the caravan movement.


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    Quote Originally Posted by christiefan915 View Post
    He has no facts to back up the claims of a national emergency.
    So you say.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Legion View Post
    So you say.
    I guess we'll hear tonight.


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    Quote Originally Posted by christiefan915 View Post
    I guess we'll hear tonight.
    You've already been told his reasons are invalid.

    Trump could declare a state of emergency under The National Emergencies Act — which grants the president a set of special executive powers, including but not limited to the ability to “seize property, organize and control the means of production, seize commodities, assign military forces abroad, institute martial law, seize and control all transportation and communication.”

    The DEMOCRAT Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee says "Yes, there is a provision in law that says a president can declare an emergency. It’s been done a number of times.”

    Federal law allows the military to complete “construction projects” using un-obligated funds from the Department of Defense (DOD) budget during a national emergency.

    “If he declares a national emergency and uses this pot of unappropriated money for the wall, he’s on very solid legal ground,” says Harvard law professor Mark Tushnet.

    Legal analyst Joe DiGenova pointed to the same unmarked pot of DOD money. “The real issue is once the president declares an emergency, which he has the power to do, where does he get the money to implement it?” DiGenova said. “There is unspent money in the Department of Defense budget of about $100 billion.”

    “It’s sitting there waiting for contracts,” he continued. “He does have the authority to use that money.”


    https://dailycaller.com/2019/01/07/donald-trump-national-emergency-build-border-wall-department-defense/

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    It will be great if he does this in front of Congress. The left side of the aisle will be fainting and screaming. He better have a busload of nurses there, along with the national guard in case some of them storm the podium.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Dark Soul View Post
    It will be great if he does this in front of Congress. The left side of the aisle will be fainting and screaming. He better have a busload of nurses there, along with the national guard in case some of them storm the podium.
    I understand that the address will originate from the Oval Office.

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