12 Republicans joined Democrats in rejecting Trump’s declaration of national emergency at the southern border.
More from the WaPo:
The Senate passed a resolution Thursday to overturn President Trump’s declaration of a national emergency at the U.S.-Mexico border, with 12 Republicans joining all the Democrats to deliver a rare bipartisan rebuke of the president.The disapproval resolution passed the House last month, so the 59-to-41 Senate vote will send the measure to the president’s desk. Trump intends to use the first veto of his presidency to strike it down, and Congress does not have the votes to override the veto.
Within minutes of the resolution’s passage, Trump tweeted:
And then later:
Senate Republicans like Rand Paul have vocally opposed Trump’s declaration.
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