The veto will the first of Trump’s presidency, after a dozen defecting Republicans joined Senate Democrats on the joint resolution Thursday
Sen. Thom Tillis, R-N.C., joined at left by Sen. Dan Sullivan, R-Alaska, attends a Senate Armed Services hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, prior to the vote on President Donald Trump's national emergency at the border, on March 14, 2019.President Donald Trump was poised to issue the first veto of his presidency Friday afternoon, after a bipartisan rebuke of the national emergency he declared to circumvent Congress and fund his long-stalled southern border wall.
The 59-41 tally on Thursday, and the Senate’s vote a day earlier to end U.S. involvement in the war in Yemen, promised to force Trump into the first vetoes of his presidency as he faces a now-divided Congress. The House is planning a vote to override the expected veto on the national emergency, which is likely to occur on March 26 following next week’s recess. But it is unlikely that Congress will have the votes to override it.
Many senators said the vote was not necessarily a rejection of the president or the wall, but protections against future presidents – namely a Democrat who might want to declare an emergency on climate change, gun control or any number of other issues. “Today’s votes cap a week of something the American people haven’t seen enough of in the last two years,” said Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, “both parties in the United States Congress standing up to Donald Trump.”
Trump’s grip on the party, though, remains strong and the White House made it clear that Republicans resisting Trump could face political consequences. Ahead of the voting, Trump framed the issue as with-him-or-against-him on border security, a powerful argument with many.
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