President Joe Biden says he will veto Senate Joint Resolution 63, which if passed by the U.S. House, would terminate the president’s emergency powers enacted on March 13, 2020. Biden has had emergency powers during his entire presidency.
SJR 63, sponsored by Kansas Republican Sen. Roger “Doc” Marshall, was passed in the Senate on Tuesday with 13 Democrat senators joining the Republicans. It now goes to the House. SJR 63 would end the Covid-19 national state of emergency currently in effect under the National Emergencies Act.
Marshall’s resolution, filed in September, followed President Biden’s comments on Sept. 19 that the coronavirus pandemic is over.
Immediately after the resolution passed the Senate on Tuesday, the White House threatened to veto the measure.
“Continuing to protect against COVID-19 and ensuring that our response remains nimble are top priorities of this Administration. Therefore, the Administration strongly opposes Senate Joint Resolution 63, which would terminate the national emergency declared on March 13, 2020, and unnecessarily and abruptly curtail the ability of the Administration to respond to COVID-19,” the White House wrote.
“COVID-19 has posed an unprecedented public health challenge for the United States. While COVID-19 is no longer the disruptive threat that it once was and we have made tremendous progress in combating the virus, the virus continues to pose a risk to the American people and our health care system.
“The national emergency enables the Administration to more effectively respond to COVID-19, including ensuring that necessary supplies are promptly available to respond to the virus and facilitating the delivery of health care at a time when our health system has been under tremendous and prolonged stress. These authorities are critical to continue responding not only to the Omicron variant, but also to emerging subvariants already spreading in the United States and future variants that may arise. Additionally, easing further strain on our health care workforce and health care system and the ability to deliver care to COVID-19 patients will also enable treatment of people suffering from other illnesses who are also put at risk when hospital systems are overwhelmed. Preserving our ability to respond is more important than ever as we head into the winter, when respiratory illnesses such as COVID-19 typically spread more easily. Strengthened by the ongoing declaration of national emergency, the federal response to COVID- 19 continues to save lives, improve health outcomes, and support the American economy.”
The president’s team wrote: “Action by Congress to end these authorities abruptly and prematurely would be a reckless and costly mistake. If Congress passes this resolution, the President will veto it.”
The House is now controlled by Republicans, who may seek to end the president’s emergency authorities and force the veto.
The president will likely keep his emergency powers until the 2024 election cycle. A national emergency declaration stays in effect unless terminated by the president, or through a joint resolution of Congress. Declaring an emergency allows the White House to use the National Emergencies Act, which comes with vast powers.
The biggest scam of the century so of course Biden wants to keep his emergency powers. How many have died because they couldn’t get surgeries and other medical procedures when our empty hospitals were shut down? How many have died from the vaccines they were forced to take? We will never know as so much of this was kept secret and swept away.
And Biden says Republicans are a threat to democracy? No, he’s a threat to our freedom!
Not tyrant/dictator like at all.
Thank God! Trump lost to this benevolent leader…
Tyrants NEVER relinquish power once seized. The Founding Fathers very rightly sought to limit the power of the Executive branch.
Civil War will be the only option they give us eventually, politicians play this game with ppls lives they don’t care about. We’re ponds to them and disposable at will.
The covid vax, all of them, are not vaccines, they are filled with useless garbage, heavy metals in particular that have been causing blood to clot on a massive level. Those of you who listened to Svengali I would look into methods to detox from it immediately and if you haven’t yet found Jesus, do so..
The power to oppress is so strong in those who wish to harm those who oppose.
The GOP had a chance to limit or neuter Biden’s power. But as usual, the GOP managed to blow a near sure thing.
This is what you wanted, America. No whining.
Brandon likes that blank check.
It’s been nearly 3 years since the Fauci-Chi-Com engineered flu plandemic began in earnest. At this late date and after all the murky water that has passed under the bridge, I am left wondering who amongst us with an iota of sense and or of reasoning would still think that giving Joe Biden extended Emergency Powers is a good idea?
This entire fiasco was and still is about gaining control, making obscene profits and raw political power. From Joe Biden’s mandates concerning a risky and ineffectual jab to Trump’s Crusade for “Operation Warp Speed” , our National Leaders have failed us.
I await for the leftist howl in response to the above comments and for the Trumppies to call me a heretic.
Bring it on. Let’s have a conversation.
Yep. There are no checks and balances in our government only two parties jello wrestling over a wrecking ball. Awful thing to witness.
We need ballots on the back of Wheaties boxes.
No you won’t “sir”. You will know your lane and stay in it “clown-in-chief”!
Tyrants will be tyrants.
Biden can’t be a tyrant. He’s a demented, old pedophile who can’t keep words and phrases together in any logical order. He’s a spent human being with nothing to offer anybody. He’s a prop of the looney Left in America, being abused by Jill and other Commie women who occupy the White House.
The longest lasting legacy of the COVID emergency powers will be the destruction of the election system, with the mailing of ballots to every registered voter. Not all states do this, but enough now do, and their courts have so far refused to correct this travesty.
Look out Biden, dunleavy is “pushing back “ like a 3rd grade girl who has been confused about her gender
Monarchs never want to give up absolute power.
Biden his staff, cabinet, mouth orchestra, given their boundless incompetence, should for the protection of the entire populous, be impeached. Fundamental critical thought is missing in the current administration. Murkowski is a included in the above thesis.
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