border-wall
Pa.’s Casey and Toomey vote with Senate to snub Trump with another resolution to block wall funding
Eleven Republicans joined Senate Democrats this week in voting to block Trump from circumventing Congress to obtain funding for a controversial border wall.
Trump’s building a wall — and the military will pay for it in more ways than one | John L. Micek
Serving in the military is dangerous enough. One can’t help but wonder how much more of this “love” from the White House our forces can be asked to endure.
‘This wasn’t about the wall:’ On ‘Meet the Press,’ U.S. Sen. Pat Toomey defends vote against Trump’s emergency declaration
The vote was about protecting the separation of powers, the Pennsylvania Republican said.
Pa. U.S. Sens. Casey, Toomey vote to terminate Trump’s emergency border declaration
The vote is mainly symbolic since Trump has since he'll veto it when it lands on his desk
‘Fake Emergency’: In Harrisburg, protesters push back against Trump’s grab for wall funds
From PennLive: “A group of protesters carried signs and gathered on the steps of the federal building in Harrisburg on President’s Day to voice their opinions against President Donald Trump’s declaration of a national emergency to secure funding for the border wall. “We were about 100 people out here today speaking out about President Trump’s declaration of […]
Trump averts a shutdown – but Pa.’s Congressional delegation splits on the White House’s end run on border funding
Trump’s declaration comes as he failed to secure congressional support for more than $5 billion he wanted for border security in a broader spending bill that funds a variety of federal agencies.
Here’s how Pa’s Congressional delegation reacted to President Trump’s emergency declaration
On Friday, hours after Congress sent him an emergency funding package aimed at averting another government shutdown, President Donald Trump declared a national emergency, enabling him to do a Congressional end-around so he could build additional barriers at America’s southern border with Mexico. Trump signed the funding package into law on Friday afternoon. Here’s how […]