Source: Steve Harrison, WFAE, 11/27/19


Earlier this year, North Carolina Republican U.S. Sen. Thom Tillis opposed President Trump’s plan to declare a national emergency to fund the border wall.   "Here’s where I have a difference, a respectful difference of opinion with the president and the administration," Tillis said during a February speech in Congress. "It’s the emergency order, that under the emergency powers act, that he is using his authority to appropriate the remaining funds. First off, those funds will come from what we will call the mil-con budget. That’s military construction so right now we’re trying to find out what that means."

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