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WASHINGTON — Outraged House Republicans sued President Barack Obama in 2014 for spending billions of federal dollars without congressional approval — and won. Now many House and Senate Republicans could side with President Trump for doing what they saw as a grave abuse of power by Mr. Obama — circumventing an unwilling Congress in a spending dispute. The power of the purse is paramount for Congress. The president can veto spending bills if he is dissatisfied, but is not supposed to rewrite them or defy Congress and spend money in ways it did not approve. Many in both parties now say that the presidential decision to act unilaterally and fund construction for a border wall via an emergency declaration would establish a dangerous new model, encouraging presidents thwarted by Congress to simply cite such a crisis to spend dollars however and wherever they pleased. “We have a crisis at our southern border, but no crisis justifies violating the Constitution,” said Senator Marco Rubio, Republican of Florida. Accepting the declaration would represent another weakening of the authority of Congress in a steady ceding of power to the executive branch — a trend that Republicans have said they want to reverse and that they railed against when Mr. Obama used executive orders to act on issues such as immigration and health care. “I’m just saying that the Republicans should have some dismay about the door that they are opening, the threshold they are crossing.” Ms. Pelosi has a point. The border wall case is somewhat different because the White House is using its declaration of an emergency as a justification for steering federal dollars to the wall against the wishes of Congress. For the president to declare an emergency now would be an unprecedented subversion of Congress’s constitutional prerogative.” Like the health care dispute, the emergency declaration is virtually certain to end up in court and also be challenged in Congress.

The big picture: The party that successfully wins over this constituency in 2020, crossing gender, race, ethnicity and age, could hold power for a generation. What's happening: In 2016, President Trump won on a political hunch — that a swath of the U.S. left behind by the forces of globalization was a winning base. Now his intuition has gained intellectual force, and major Republicans and Democrats are attempting to capitalize on the bipartisan anger that suffuses American politics. "Millions of people feel left behind by the rapid social, cultural and economic changes under way. It’s clear the old ways no longer work and the party that is able to offer a better way forward will lead a new coalition on the scale of the New Deal and the Reagan Revolution," Sen. Marco Rubio tells Axios. If this course sounds familiar, it's because Democrats have sought to own the space since FDR. Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders ran on it in 2016, and Elizabeth Warren is running on a similar platform for the party's 2020 presidential nomination. And 29-year-old Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has lit up the left with a full-throated call for higher taxes on the rich, free college, and Medicare for all. Mehlman, the lobbyist, draws comparisons to the Progressive Era, the 19th and the first decades of the 20th century, when a backlash against the Gilded Age produced a vast expansion of high schools, the direct election of senators, and the women's vote. "What we face in the 21st century mirrors pretty closely what we faced in the beginning of the 20th century," Mehlman tells Axios.

“I applaud President Trump for proposing a compromise that re-opens government, protects our borders and takes care of those brought to this country illegally through no fault of their own,” he said. Now it’s time for Democrats to decide if they want to negotiate in good faith and accept a compromise that secures our borders and protects DREAMers or if they want to continue playing politics. “Reopen the government, Mr. President. “Good to see the President offer a bipartisan olive branch to end the government shutdown,” he tweeted. “By proposing previously rejected initiatives, @POTUS clearly isn’t taking any real action to end the #TrumpShutdown and negotiate in good faith with Democrats. “@POTUS is offering a compromise to Democratic leadership which protects our national security and addresses #DREAMers and #TPS. Will Speaker Pelosi and Leader [Charles] Schumer finally operate in good faith to address the humanitarian and security crisis on our border and reopen our federal agencies, or will they continue to distract, oppose, and obstruct? ZERO,” she tweeted. If President Trump is serious about negotiating in good faith then he will open government first before offering concessions,” she wrote on Twitter. House Democrats support smart border security and we have voted nine times to open government and allow 800,000 federal employees to return to work.

U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio says Major League Baseball can end the dangerous practice of Cuban athletes being trafficked through third countries by changing its own rules, without dealing with the Cuban government. Rubio said on Twitter Saturday the major reason baseball players undergo such travel risks stems from a requirement athletes establish “fake” residency in a country beside Cuba before signing a contract with an American ball club. “Instead of getting rid of this rule, they chose to pay ransom to the regime with a portion of the players salary,” Rubio said. Rubio immediately came out against a deal announced Dec. 19 between MLB and the Cuban Baseball Federation that would allow Cuban players over age 25 and with six years of professional ball experience to be released to play in the U.S. league. The Republican senator joined with U.S. Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart and incoming U.S. Sen. Rick Scott in calling for President Donald Trump’s administration to block the deal. At that time, Rubio said players should be allowed to negotiate their own contracts and that the arrangement with the CBF forced players to cede their rights to the Cuban regime. MLB officials have pushed back on political criticism, saying the arrangement would eliminate the risks athletes take to flee Cuba for a chance to play American baseball. In 2016, as President Barack Obama sought to normalize relations with Cuba, the federal government recognized the federation as an organization with which American businesses could negotiate independently. Rubio has maintained the sports organization remains part of a hostile regime hurting its own people, and that would include taking pay from MLB athletes playing in the U.S. under the new deal. MLB officials say they negotiated the arrangement with CBF over the course of three years.

He called on all Floridians to learn about and from the case. Though these men now lie in graves, their stories linger in search of justice.” DeSantis’ announcement comes after Florida Chief Financial Officer Jimmy Patronis announced on Wednesday that he would support the pardons. DeSantis indicated he might not wait until the next meeting of the Executive Clemency Board, which is not scheduled until March. That board is made up of DeSantis and the other Florida Cabinet members, Patronis, Fried, and Moody. DeSantis said he would make it a priority for the first meeting of the Florida Cabinet in January. Yet in the 20 months since, the Executive Clemency Board led by Gov. On Wednesday, informed of Patronis’ decision to put the matter on the agenda for the next Executive Clemency Board, Greenlee’s daughter Carol Greenlee emotionally declared, “Thank you Jesus!” DeSantis urged all Floridians to become acquainted with the case and to learn from it. “I appreciate the Legislature’s unanimous resolve and CFO Jimmy Patronis’ recent request that the Clemency Board consider the case. I look forward to reviewing the report of the Office of Executive Clemency and making the cases of the Groveland Four a priority for the first meeting of the Florida Cabinet in January. “Seventy years is a long time to wait, but it is never too late to do the right thing.”

Following the Trump administration's decision to withdraw a significant amount of U.S. troops from Syria, Republican Senators Marco Rubio and Lindsey Graham spoke out against the plan, calling it a "colossal" and "huge mistake." » Subscribe to MSNBC: http://on.msnbc.com/SubscribeTomsnbc About:…

On 'Fox & Friends,' the Republican senator speaks out on how Congress should address the migrant caravan and border security. FOX News Channel (FNC) is a 24-hour all-encompassing news service dedicated to delivering breaking news as well as political and…

As the deadline for Florida's machine recount looms, Republican Senator Marco Rubio weighs in on 'Tucker Carlson Tonight.' FOX News Channel (FNC) is a 24-hour all-encompassing news service dedicated to delivering breaking news as well as political and business news.…

Republican Senator Marco Rubio lists voting irregularities in Florida's Senate and governor's race, says elections should be decided by voters, not judges. FOX News Channel (FNC) is a 24-hour all-encompassing news service dedicated to delivering breaking news as well as…

As the Sunshine State braces for midterm election recounts, Republican Sen. Marco Rubio says Democratic lawyers are 'descending on Florida' with one goal in mind and it's not to make sure every vote is counted. FOX News Channel (FNC) is…