President Trump declared a national emergency to obtain border wall funding. The Justice Department warned the White House that Trump’s declaration will likely be blocked by the courts.
Meanwhile, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., managed to hold most of her caucus together to pass a border security spending package, even though it lets President Trump spend $1.375 billion to build steel slat fencing, a priority that’s almost universally opposed by Democrats.
213 Democrats and dozens of Republicans voted for the bill as a way to prevent another partial government shutdown.
Meanwhile, Democrats are still pushing for the release of Trump’s tax returns. House Democrats want to use a 1924 law to demand that the Treasury Department turn over the president’s returns.
