Republicans are on the verge of two high-stakes votes this week that will test their allegiance to President Trump and force the party to reckon with how far they are willing to let executive power reach
The votes -- first a resolution Wednesday that would pull back American aid to Saudi forces in Yemen, followed by a resolution Thursday to block Trump's emergency declaration on the southern border -- have left some in the GOP conflicted about whether they will vote with Trump or protect congressional authority on some of the biggest issues facing the Congress: war and government spending.
"It's not a vote on precedent, because if you take a look at what President Obama did with DACA and so many other things, that was no precedent."The votes on the Yemen resolution and the emergency declaration represent some of the strongest backlash the President has weathered from his own party yet.
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