border wall. that would then go to the house and senate to affirm or to vote against. do you think there are enough votes in the senate to pass, to approve of president trump s national emergency declaration or are enough americans concerned about such a thing whether it s because of the precedent or because it takes away power from the legislative branch? well, we ll have to see what would happen. the president hasn t specifically said he s going to invoke an emergency powers. but he s, under the constitution, he s probably got some rights there. also under the statute that gives speaks to emergency powers. what we d like to do is do it in the appropriation process. we ve shown we can do it. if people leave us alone, if we were tasked senator leahy, my counterpart in the senate, congresswoman loy and granger if the four of us could get to work, tasked by our respective caucuses, we ll get this done
that would then go to the house and senate to affirm or to vote against. do you think there are enough votes in the senate to pass, to approve of president trump s national emergency declaration or are enough americans concerned about such a thing whether it s because of the precedent or because it takes away power from the legislative branch? well, we ll have to see what would happen. the president hasn t specifically said he s going to invoke an emergency powers. but he s, under the constitution, he s probably got some rights there. also under the statute that gives speaks to emergency powers. what we d like to do is do it in the appropriation process. we ve shown we can do it. if people leave us alone, if we were tasked senator leahy, my counterpart in the senate, congresswoman loy and granger if the four of us could get to work, tasked by our respective caucuses, we ll get this done before wednesday night.