Shutdown averted: President Trump has signed a sweeping spending bill hours before funding expired for parts of the government
2019-02-16 10:06:02 source：The Washington Post
February 15, 2019
President Trump on Friday declared the situation on the southern border of the United States to be a national emergency, catapulting the country into uncertain legal and political battles as he seeks to fulfill a campaign promise that eluded him for two years.
He made the designation in an attempt to redirect taxpayer money from other accounts and use it to erect more than 230 miles of barriers along the U.S.-Mexico border. But Trump anticipates a flurry of legal challenges that will eventually be decided by the Supreme Court.
Democrats are trying to paint the action as evidence of a rogue president who has finally gone too far, and they vowed to stop him.
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