Eric McDaniel

He did it unilaterally, even though it is Congress's job to decide how taxpayer dollars are spent.

Well, in order to pass something on a party-line vote in the Senate procedurally, you've got to let the minority party, in this case Democrats, propose a lot of amendments to the bill.

And those amendments can be on, well, I guess whatever Democrats want.

So for the three-year immigration enforcement bill, Democrats are going to propose amendments that put their Republican peers on the record about this anti-weaponization fund.

It became clear, though, that an amendment outlawing the fund could get like 30 Republican votes, probably, which would be embarrassing for Republicans.

So GOP leaders pushed the vote on the package to this week.

But President Trump hasn't backed down on the fund in the time they were at home.

And I'm just going to say it doesn't seem like waiting has made things any easier.

Some lawmakers are also angry that the president allocated this money in the first place.

He did it unilaterally, even though it is, of course, Congress's job to decide how taxpayer dollars are spent.

Right.

Folks might remember the Senate actually advanced a measure that would force an end to the conflict, which is driving up the cost of living and very unpopular among the American public.

In part, that's because the president keeps making enemies of Senate Republicans.

Trump backed a primary opponent against Louisiana's Bill Cassidy.

And after Cassidy lost his reelection race, he joined with Democrats in their effort to force an end to the war.

The House of Representatives actually delayed a vote on a Democratic War Powers resolution after it looked like Republican absences meant it would have passed.

But all of this, of course, is mostly symbolic.

The president can veto any of these resolutions that reach his desk.

But I should also say the Constitution does give Congress the power to declare war and regulate military conflicts.

And Trump is legally required to get their approval in order to continue his war.