Moran stood on constitutional principles

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Opinion

March 21, 2019 - 10:32 AM

U.S. Sen Jerry Moran should be commended for his vote against President Donald Trump’s emergency declaration at the Southern border.

The president’s move — meant to fund his promised wall — confounded lawmakers across the political spectrum. Emergency declarations had previously been used in narrower circumstances and not as a way to redirect money that Congress had expressly refused to authorize as part of the usual budget process.

Moran’s decision to stand up and take a vote against the president, a member of his political party, was a brave one. He was one of 12…

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