The Senate is scheduled to vote Thursday on the resolution opposing Donald Trump’s national emergency, and Republicans are getting creative in their craven attempts to look principled while still voting against the resolution. The Senate parliamentarian isn't expected to allow amendments providing a get-out-of-jail-free card by allowing Republicans to insert a whole bunch of sucking up to Trump into the resolution to block his border wall emergency, so the Republicans are looking elsewhere.
Utah Sen. Mike Lee is making an extra-serious yet totally laughable effort to look principled while still giving Trump what he wants. Lee is introducing the ARTICLE ONE Act (it stands for “Assuring that Robust, Thorough, and Informed Congressional Leadership is Exercised Over National Emergencies Act”) to rein in future presidential uses of national emergency declarations. But there’s no guarantee it will pass—or even get a vote—in any meaningful form, and it doesn’t do anything about Trump’s current declaration. So … a few small problems there.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi says House Democrats won't go for any Republican efforts to evade the simple, clean House resolution against the national emergency declaration.
Republicans are so exercised about figuring out ways to avoid giving a direct, simple yes or no answer on the resolution against Trump’s national emergency because Trump's national emergency is very unpopular.