WASHINGTON—House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D., Calif.) dismissed efforts by Senate Republicans to change the law governing national emergencies rather than rebuke President Trump directly on his border declaration, saying the House wouldn’t take up such legislation. The proposed measure from Sens. Mike Lee (R., Utah) and Todd Young (R., Ind.) would give Congress more control over presidents’ declarations of national emergency. Voting for the Lee-Young bill could allow some GOP senators to rein in future emergency declarations,...

Source: Wall Street Journal March 13, 2019 16:58 UTC