U.S. Republican Senators Want To Rein In President Trump's Emergency Powers

The U.S. Capitol Building is pictured in Washington, February 27, 2013. REUTERS/Jason Reed

The Hill: GOP senators introduce bill to rein in president's emergency powers

More than a dozen Republican senators introduced legislation on Tuesday that would make it easier for Congress to terminate future national emergency declarations, days before the chamber will vote on President Trump's.

The legislation, spearheaded by Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah), would require that Congress pass a resolution extending an emergency declaration after 30 days for it to continue; otherwise the declaration would be terminated.

“If Congress is troubled by recent emergency declarations made pursuant to the National Emergencies Act, they only have themselves to blame. Congress gave these legislative powers away in 1976 and it is far past time that we as an institution took them back. If we don’t want our president acting like a king we need to start taking back the legislative powers that allow him to do so," Lee said in a statement.

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WNU Editor: The Democrats in Congress have said that they will not bring up the U.S. Republican bill to curb President Trump's emergency powers to a vote .... Pelosi: House won't take up bill to overhaul national emergencies (The Hill). On a side note, Republicans are looking for a way to maintain President Trump's emergency at the border .... Senate Republicans push plan to maintain national emergency at border (Reuters).