A dozen Senate Republicans joined with Democrats to back a resolution to rescind the national emergency President Donald Trump declared in February to free up more than $6 billion for his border wall. Trump said he will use his veto power for the first time to block the resolution, but the vote marked a stunning political rebuke for the president from members of his own party on his signature domestic policy issue. | |
News Alert Thursday, March 14 |
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| | Senate passes resolution overturning Donald Trump’s border wall emergency in a rebuke to president | A dozen Senate Republicans joined with Democrats to back a resolution to rescind the national emergency President Donald Trump declared in February to free up more than $6 billion for his border wall. Trump said he will use his veto power for the first time to block the resolution, but the vote marked a stunning political rebuke for the president from members of his own party on his signature domestic policy issue. | |
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