Senate Democrats said Wednesday the chamber would soon vote on legislation to scrap President Donald Trump’s executive order declaring an energy emergency.
By filing the measure as a privileged joint resolution, Senate Energy and Natural Resources ranking member Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Sen. Tim Kaine (D-Va.) are forcing a debate and roll call on S.J. Res. 10 as early as next week.
“It’s not used very often, but this emergency declaration is such a sham devised for such a corrupt purpose that we decided we’re using it,” Kaine, the lead sponsor, told reporters during a Wednesday press conference.
“We’re going to force a vote, force everybody to declare where they are on this sham emergency declaration and this unnecessary degradation of important environmental protections,” the senator said.
