Give this a read. Cameron Joseph has some important context as we go into the State of the Union. Mitch McConnell really wants Trump to back off his Wall demand and clearly doesn’t want the President to take the “national emergency” shortcut. Part of the reason is that Congress might actually overrule his emergency declaration.
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