{"id":24177,"date":"2019-02-20T19:13:16","date_gmt":"2019-02-20T19:13:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/federaltimes\/uncategorized\/2019\/02\/20\/republican-breaks-with-trump-on-emergency-wall-backs-lawsuit-to-block-it\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T19:43:32","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T19:43:32","slug":"republican-breaks-with-trump-on-emergency-wall-backs-lawsuit-to-block-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/federaltimes\/congress\/2019\/02\/20\/republican-breaks-with-trump-on-emergency-wall-backs-lawsuit-to-block-it\/","title":{"rendered":"Republican breaks with Trump on \u2018emergency\u2019 wall, backs lawsuit to block it"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">SOUTH PORTLAND, Maine \u2014 Republican Sen. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.collins.senate.gov\/\" target=_blank>Susan Collins<\/a> of Maine said she supports a lawsuit aimed at stopping President Donald Trump\u2019s emergency declaration to build a wall on the southern border.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">She also said she\u2019d vote for a disapproval resolution in Congress.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Collins said Wednesday the president&#8217;s action &#8220;completely undermines&#8221; the role of Congress and is of &#8220;dubious constitutionality.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">She said the lawsuit, which Maine has joined, is the quickest way to get an injunction to halt the transfer of funds.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/news\/your-navy\/2019\/02\/19\/delegation-shipyard-national-guard-could-suffer-because-of-wall\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"188\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/shipyard.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Delegation: Shipyard, National Guard could suffer because of wall<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">New Hampshire\u2019s Democratic congressional delegation says the Trump administration\u2019s plan to take funds from military construction projects to build a border wall could hurt the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard and the New Hampshire National Guard.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Collins spoke in South Portland, where high-ranking U.S. Coast Guard officials celebrated an upgraded command center for northern New England.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The ribbon-cutting was attended by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uscg.mil\/Biographies\/Display\/Article\/1391302\/vice-admiral-scott-buschman\/\">Vice Adm. 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