Today, on February 15^th, the Washington Post released an article titled “Shutdown averted: President Trump has signed a sweeping spending bill hours before funding expired for parts of the government”.  Shortly after being approved by Congress, President Trump signed the spending bill.

While the US has avoided another government shutdown following the longest government shutdown in US history, President Trump has declared a state of emergency to fund the border wall.

President Trump laid out his case for declaring a national emergency during a press conference. He stressed that “we’re talking about invasion of our country with drugs, with human traffickers, with all types of criminals and gangs”. However, he never presented any data to support his claim.

Democrats viewed the President’s actions as unconstitutional, stating that they are looking into various responses they could take to prevent him from receiving any funds for his self-contrived emergency.