Trump to Declare National Emergency, Sign Spending Bill Criticized by Conservatives

Plus: Liberals' Anti-Semitism Problem Isn't Going Away

Feb 15, 2019   Happy Friday from Washington, where President Trump is ready both to sign a spending deal on border security and declare a national emergency to get the barrier he wants. Rachel del Guidice reports, and we revisit John Malcolm's legal analysis of the president's authority. Amid all the attention. The answer to mass murders isn't more gun control, Amy Swearer writes. Plus: Rachel Greszler on Amazon's change of mind about New York, Justin Bogie on why Congress should cut the national debt, and David Harsanyi on the resurgence in anti-Semitism. Have a great weekend.     News Trump to Declare National Emergency, Sign Spending Bill Criticized by Conservatives "When one bemoans the swamp, look no further than House Democrats jamming through an over 1,100-page piece of legislation when lawmakers were given less than 24 hours to read it," says Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas. More Commentary Trump Has a Strong Legal Argument That He Can Declare National Emergency at Border President Trump has a strong argument to make that he, in fact, has the authority to act unilaterally at the border. More Commentary We Don't Need a Sweeping Overhaul of Gun Laws We don't necessarily need new laws. Society too often underuses mechanisms already in place to prevent people suffering from mental illness from possessing guns if they pose a danger to themselves or others. More Commentary Our National Debt Just Hit $22 Trillion. Will Congress Finally Take It Seriously? If the national debt were divided among every person in the U.S., each of us would owe more than $67,000. More Commentary Amazon's New York Reversal Shows Exactly Why Crony Capitalism Fails Between 1997 and 2016, every dollar of income that left New York was replaced by only 71 cents coming in. That deficit will only continue under New York's current policies. More Analysis Podcast: What You Need to Know About Spending Bill The massive spending bill, which probably wasn't fully read by any member of Congress before the votes, included provisions such as a raise for federal employees. More News Trump Meets With Abortion Survivor, Pro-Life Activists Melissa Ohden, an abortion survivor, and Micah Pickering, who was born at 22 weeks, meet the president at the White House. More Commentary Liberals' Anti-Semitism Problem Isn't Going Away "Anti-Zionism"—the predominant justification for violence, murder, and hatred against Jews in Europe and the Middle East—is a growing position on the American left. More           The Daily Signal is brought to you by more than half a million members of The Heritage Foundation. Donate to The Daily Signal Find us on Facebook Follow us on Twitter How are we doing? We welcome your comments, suggestions, and story tips. Please reply to this email or send us a note at comments@dailysignal.com. The Daily Signal 214 Massachusetts Avenue, NE Washington, DC 20002 (800) 546-2843     Add morningbell@heritage.org to your address book to ensure that you receive emails from us. You are subscribed to this newsletter as johnmhames@comcast.net. If you want to receive other Heritage Foundation newsletters, or opt out of this newsletter, please click here to update your subscription.

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