Sens. Tillis, Alexander and Lee have expressed varying levels of concern about Trump circumventing Congress to get money for his border wall.
By Seung Min Kim Seung Min Kim White House reporter Email Bio Follow March 12 at 11:12 AM Vice President Pence will meet privately with three Republican senators later Tuesday who could decide the extent of Republican defections on a vote this week to reject President Trump’s national emergency declaration.
Those three senators have indicated varying levels of concern with the president’s emergency declaration, issued Feb. 15 to reroute billions of dollars for military construction projects toward Trump’s border wall instead. Tillis, who is up for reelection next year, has already stated his outright opposition on constitutional grounds and is one of four Republican senators who plan to vote in support of a disapproval resolution of the declaration. The vote is expected Thursday.
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