national emergencies -> 31 in all

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https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/list...0zfpYi7-dQaGvU

31 have been annually renewed and are currently still in effect, as listed in the Federal Register.

President Jimmy Carter

Nov 14, 1979: The National Emergency With Respect to Iran, in response to the Iran hostage crisis.

President Bill Clinton

Nov 14, 1994: The National Emergency With Respect to the Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction, that combined two previous national emergencies focused on weapons of mass destruction.

Jan. 2, 1995: The National Emergency With Respect to Prohibiting Transactions with Terrorists Who Threaten to Disrupt the Middle East Peace Process placed economic sanctions in response to the Jerusalem bombing.

March 15, 1995: The National Emergency With Respect to Prohibiting Certain Transactions with Respect to the Development of Iranian Petroleum Resources was an effort to prevent potential deals between oil companies.

October 21, 1995: The National Emergency With Respect to Blocking Assets and Prohibiting Transactions with Significant Narcotics Traffickers Centered in Colombia was declared after increased reports of drug cartels laundering money through American companies.

March 1, 1996: The National Emergency With Respect to Regulations of the Anchorage and Movement of Vessels with Respect to Cuba was after civilian planes were shot down near Cuba.

November 3, 1997: The National Emergency With Respect to Blocking Sudanese Government Property and Prohibiting Transactions with Sudan implemented economic and trade sanctions.

President George W. Bush

June 26, 2001: The National Emergency With Respect to Blocking Property of Persons Who Threaten International Stabilization Efforts in the Western Balkans imposed sanctions on those aiding Albanian insurgents in Macedonia.

Aug 17, 2001: The National Emergency With Respect to Export Control Regulations renewed presidential power to control exports in a national emergency since the Export Administration Act of 1979 lapsed.

Sept 14, 2001: The National Emergency with Respect to Certain Terrorist Attacks was in response to the terrorist attacks of 9/11 and the continuing and immediate threat of further attacks on the United States.

Sept 23, 2001: The National Emergency With Respect to Persons who Commit, Threaten to Commit, or Support Terrorism was in response to the terrorist attacks of 9/11.

March 6, 2003: The National Emergency With Respect to Blocking Property of Persons Undermining Democratic Processes or Institutions in Zimbabwe was an effort to punish associates of Robert Mugabe.

May 22, 2003: The National Emergency With Respect to Protecting the Development Fund for Iraq and Certain Other Property in Which Iraq has an Interest was issued following the U.S. invasion of Iraq.

May 11, 2004: The National Emergency With Respect to Blocking Property of Certain Persons and Prohibiting the Export of Certain Goods to Syria was in response to Syria supporting terrorist activity in Iraq.

June 16, 2006: The National Emergency With Respect to Blocking Property of Certain Persons Undermining Democratic Processes or Institutions in Belarus was in response to charges of fraud in the Belarus presidential election.

Oct 27, 2006: The National Emergency With Respect to Blocking Property of Certain Persons Contributing to the Conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo was in response to violence around the Congolese presidential election runoff.

Aug 1, 2007: The National Emergency With Respect to Blocking Property of Persons Undermining the Sovereignty of Lebanon was in response to a breakdown of the rule of law in Lebanon.

June 26, 2008: The National Emergency With Respect to Continuing Certain Restrictions with Respect to North Korea cited the risk of proliferation of weapons-usable fissile material. President Trump renewed this June 22, 2018 citing the “existence and risk of proliferation of weapons-usable fissile material on the Korean Peninsula and the actions and policies of the Government of North Korea continue to pose an unusual and extraordinary threat.”

President Barack Obama

April 12, 2010: The National Emergency With Respect to Blocking Property of Certain Persons Contributing to the Conflict in Somalia was in respect to threats posed by Somali pirates.

February 25, 2011: The National Emergency With Respect to Blocking Property and Prohibiting Certain Transactions Related to Libya froze the assets of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi.

July 25, 2011: The National Emergency With Respect to Blocking Property of Transnational Criminals was in response to the rise in crime by specific organizations: Los Zetas (Mexico), The Brothers’ Circle (former Soviet Union countries), the Yakuza (Japan), and the Camorra (Italy).

May 16, 2012: The National Emergency With Respect to Blocking Property of Persons Threatening the Peace, Security, or Stability of Yemen addressed political unrest within the Yemen government.

March 16, 2014: The National Emergency With Respect to Blocking Property of Certain Persons Contributing to the Situation in Ukraine was in response to the Russian invasion of Crimea.

April 3, 2014: The National Emergency With Respect to Blocking Property of Certain Persons With Respect to South Sudan was in response to the ongoing civil war.

May 12, 2014: The National Emergency With Respect to Blocking Property of Certain Persons Contributing to the Conflict in the Central African Republic was in response to violence towards humanitarian aid workers.

March 8, 2015: The National Emergency With Respect to Blocking Property and Suspending Entry of Certain Persons Contributing to the Situation in Venezuela was in response to human rights violations.

April 1, 2015: The National Emergency With Respect to Blocking the Property of Certain Persons Engaging in Significant Malicious Cyber-Enabled Activities was in response to Chinese cyber attacks on the U.S.

Nov 23, 2015: The National Emergency With Respect to Blocking Property of Certain Persons Contributing to the Situation in Burundi was declared after a failed coup.

President Donald Trump

Dec 20, 2017: The National Emergency With Respect to Blocking the Property of Persons Involved in Serious Human Rights Abuse or Corruption imposed sanctions on the Myanmar general for his role persecuting Rohingya Muslims.

Sept 12, 2018: The National Emergency With Respect to Imposing Certain Sanctions in the Event of Foreign Interference in a United States Election attempted to prevent any meddling with the 2018 midterm elections amid the ongoing investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election.

Nov 27, 2018: The National Emergency With Respect to Blocking Property of Certain Persons Contributing to the Situation in Nicaragua was declared by President Trump in response to violence and the Ortega regime’s “systematic dismantling and undermining of democratic institutions and the rule of law” that constitutes an “unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security and foreign policy of the United States.”
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Yep. And how many were declared because the president couldn’t get Congress to pay for a wall?
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Yep. And how many were declared because the president couldn’t get Congress to pay for a wall? Originally Posted by Yssup Rider
The answer to that is Zero.

That is why people in his own party did not want him to do this.

It give the President power intended for Congress.

That is the reason no prior president has done something like this.
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first time for everything...

look at the last 3 presidents... they sure used emergencies powers like they drink water! the first 3 used it sparingly as compared to the last bunch.

Clinton by far is the champion on NE orders!!!

some of these emergencies are questionable.....
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What you say is true. Prior to Trump's recent "national emergency" he had declared two others. No protests against either one. Why are people protesting this one?

"None of the times emergency powers have been invoked since 1976, the year Congress enacted the National Emergencies Act, involved a president making an end run around lawmakers to spend money on a project they had decided against funding. Mr. Trump, by contrast, is challenging the bedrock principle that the legislative branch controls the government’s purse."

“There is nothing approaching an ‘emergency’ in this situation, no matter how loose a definition you use,” she said. “And Congress has made it as clear as it can that it does not want the president to use funds for this purpose, so this is the president using emergency powers to thwart the will of Congress. That is very different from how emergency powers have been used in the past.”


https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/15/u...emergency.html
Yep. And how many were declared because the president couldn’t get Congress to pay for a wall? Originally Posted by Yssup Rider
Didn't he just get over a billion dollars to continue work on the very large amount of walls/barriers in place?

Do your business associates at the border wish the wall wasn't there and want to tear it down?

MLK would even support the wall!
Didn't he just get over a billion dollars to continue work on the very large amount of walls/barriers in place?

Do your business associates at the border wish the wall wasn't there and want to tear it down?

MLK would even support the wall! Originally Posted by friendly fred
And many of the Congress critters currently opposing the funds voted for them before as well.

But I also don't remember seeing a bill to try and deny the POTUS his ability to declare an emergency, which he clearly said he might do, to restrict his funding options.

Pelosi and others got played, plain and simple.
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I believe he said he was going to do this. many didn't believe he would do it. He did it.

Trump is an unconventional politician. this is where politician underestimate him.

he's breaking conventions on the domestic and foreign front.


he clearly doesn't understand the word "NO!"
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I believe he said he was going to do this. many didn't believe he would do it. He did it.

Trump is an unconventional politician. this is where politician underestimate him.

he's breaking conventions on the domestic and foreign front.


he clearly doesn't understand the word "NO!" Originally Posted by dilbert firestorm
Again, very true. I thought all along he take whatever means necessary to build HIS wall. He promised many things to his base of voters. He has not delivered on many. He needs this victory to appease his base. It doesn't seem to matter to him that he will lose more votes than he gains by such actions. He shut down the government. Approval ratings dropped. My guess in his approval ratings will drop again. This after the ratings rose after his SOTU address. Breaking conventions is not always the best way to proceed.
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If the dim-retards don't like the act they past into LAW in 1976 and 1982 They need to change it , not try to say there's no emergency , Zimbabwe , Venezuela really but our borders NO really
The potus has that power nancy and chucky show caused this issue so they got what they want more chaos
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If the dim-retards don't like the act they past into LAW in 1976 and 1982 They need to change it , not try to say there's no emergency , Zimbabwe , Venezuela really but our borders NO really
The potus has that power nancy and chucky show caused this issue so they got what they want more chaos Originally Posted by rexdutchman
Could the President call guns a national emergency and take them?

According to some of you numbnuts...he could.

The Constitution gave the Power of the Purse to Congress.

What part of that do you Trumpers not understand?
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I understand this will be difficult to comprehend but I will try , 1) 2 ad protects that issue ( not point )
2) congress gave that power to potus ( see 1976/82 NEA)
3) congress doesn't like the law now they can change NOT Obstruct and deflect

So the point which you apparently deflected from is that Big T can call it a emergency and built the wall .
Let the deflection, scare and deceive start,,,,,,,,,
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I understand this will be difficult to comprehend but I will try , 1) 2 ad protects that issue ( not point )
2) congress gave that power to potus ( see 1976/82 NEA)
3) congress doesn't like the law now they can change NOT Obstruct and deflect

So the point which you apparently deflected from is that Big T can call it a emergency and built the wall .
Let the deflection, scare and deceive start,,,,,,,,, Originally Posted by rexdutchman
Trump has the power call a state of emergency and has done so. Whether or not he has the right to do so whenever he feels like doing so will be decided by the courts. Powers are given to the executive, legislative and judicial branches of government. The power to decide where money will be spent belongs primarily to the legislative branch. To repeat, the courts will eventually decide whether Trump's end-run is legal.
Could the President call guns a national emergency and take them?

According to some of you numbnuts...he could.

The Constitution gave the Power of the Purse to Congress.

What part of that do you Trumpers not understand? Originally Posted by WTF
Do you want to tear down that existing border wall WTF?
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Do you want to tear down that existing border wall WTF? Originally Posted by friendly fred
on the land they took by eminent domain, yes.

Immigration is mainly set by how good or bad a nations economy is doing, not by border walls.

The economic meltdown of 2008 sent more Mexicans home and no wall wouldhave kept them here. Try and not ne a tool JL...you're actually smarter than that