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Bipartisan Challenge To Possible Trump 'National Emergency' Being Prepared In Congress

January 10, 2019

Hill Reporter. By Chris Walker

...President Donald Trump inches closer and closer toward possibly declaring an official national emergency in order to secure funds for his border wall between the U.S. and Mexico, lawmakers from both major political parties in Congress are coming together with plans to challenge the move.

...Lawmakers still want to see what the declaration, if it comes about, looks like, examining "how [Trump] writes it, and how he does it," according to Rep. Donald Norcross (D-New Jersey), who sits on the committee. Norcross added he is "very confident there will be a legal challenge."

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