Rand Paul will vote against Trump's national emergency declaration

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Paul, speaking Saturday night at the Southern Kentucky Lincoln Dinner Dinner, said he could not "vote to give extra-constitutional powers to the president."

"I can not vote to give the president the power to spend money that has not been affected by Congress. We may want more money for border security, but Congress has not allowed it. If we eliminate these checks and balances, it's a dangerous thing, "he said, according to the Bowling Green Daily News.

A spokesman for Paul did not immediately respond to a request for comment about his remarks.

Paul would be the fourth Republican senator crucial to support the resolution, marking a setback for the administration that would force Trump to use the first veto of his presidency.

The Senate is expected to rule on a resolution blocking Trump 's emergency declaration before leaving the city for a break of a week scheduled for March 15.

Proponents of the resolution left Washington last Thursday on the verge of having enough votes to block the statement and force Trump's veto. The 47 senators in the caucus with the Democrats are supposed to support the resolution, they must overthrow four Republicans to get the 51 votes needed in the Senate.

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About a dozen other Republican senators remain opposed to Trump's declaration of urgency, which means supporters could collect several more "yes" votes from the GOP before the resolution is tabled.

Sen. Lamar AlexanderAndrew (Lamar) Lamar AlexanderNight Defense: The Pentagon seeks more than five years of service in the space force | Trump declares Warmbier "misinterpreted" | GOP bristles in Trump plan to pay for wall On The Money: GOP bristles versus Trump fund wall | The Treasury punishes Venezuelans who blocked aid | IRS Watchdog will retire this year | Trump CFO in the honor | Lyft's records will be made public Schumer: Judges' vote will test GOP's commitment to protect pre-existing conditions (R-Tenn.), Who is retiring at the end of the current Congress, urged Trump to reconsider his emergency declaration, which he said was creating a "constitutional crisis". But Alexander refused to say how he would vote on a resolution blocking Trump's action.

"I will announce how I will vote when I know what we are going to vote on," Alexander told reporters.

"I learned a long time ago in the US Senate that it was not wise to announce how you are going to vote on a vote that you might never need." to take, "he added.

Trump said he would "100%" veto the resolution of disapproval if it reaches his office. He also appeared to warn Republican senators who were considering opposing him, saying that supporting the resolution would be a "very dangerous thing".

"I really think Republicans who vote against border security and against the wall, I think you know, I'm able to predict things, I think that they put themselves in danger," he said. he told Sean Hannity of Fox News last week.

The government assistants predicted that the resolution would likely get a vote next week, with the majority leader in the Senate Mitch McConnellAddison (Mitch) Mitchell McConnellNew Debt Struggle Begins For Trump, Democrats Cindy McCain Tears Conservative Commentator After CPAC Speech What Happens When The Federal Government Is Led By Fans? MORE (R-Ky.) Establishing four nominations on the floor this week.

Trump announced it would declare a national emergency the day after Congress passed a $ 1.375 billion financing bill to build physical barriers along the US-Mexico border, much less than the $ 5.7 billion requested. He hopes to raise about $ 8 billion for the border wall by combining the emergency declaration, executive actions and congressional money.

– This report was updated at 13:06.