Trump Vows Veto After Congress Blocks His Order To Build Border Wall
The resolution to terminate the president's national emergency declaration sets up the likely first veto confrontation between Congress and the White House since President Trump took office.
by Susan Davis
Mar 14, 2019
2 minutes
Updated at 3:47 p.m. ET
The Republican-controlled Senate approved a resolution to terminate President Trump's national emergency declaration at the U.S.-Mexico border, putting Congress on a path to its first veto confrontation with the Trump administration.
Shortly after the vote, President Trump tweeted, "VETO!" Neither chamber mustered the two-thirds support required to override a presidential veto.
The president also the measure, which he called "Democrat
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