Chuck Schumer called the move 'a chance to prevent [Trump] from stealing military funding from our states for an expensive, ineffective wall.'
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer says Senate Democrats will force another vote to end President Donald Trump's national emergency declaration over the southern border.The Trump administration is redirecting $3.6 billion in military funding to Trump's border wall using the emergency authority.Andrew Harrer | Bloomberg | Getty Images
"The recourse for such a brazen power grab should be an overwhelming bipartisan vote in the Congress to terminate the emergency declaration and reassert our constitutional authority," the New York Democrat said. "Most of my colleagues know this is wrong." The declaration gave Trump the authority to redirect money from military construction projects. Last week, the administration announced the projects from which it would pull $3.6 billion —Democrats slammed Trump for the move. Some Republicans such as Sens. Mike Lee and Mitt Romney of Utah also criticized the president.
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