House Passes Resolution To Disapprove Of Trump 'National Emergency'

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The House of Representatives voted 245 to 182 today to overturn Donald Trump's declaration of a 'national emergency' at the U.S./Mexico border.

That includes 13 Republicans in the House voting for the measure.

From The New York Times:

House Republican leaders kept defections low after feverishly working to assuage concerns among rank-and-file members about protecting congressional powers and about the precedent that Mr. Trump could be setting for Democratic presidents to use for their own purposes.

“Is your oath of office to Donald Trump or is it to the Constitution of the United States?” Speaker Nancy Pelosi asked her Republican colleagues in a speech on the floor ahead of the vote. “You cannot let him undermine your pledge to the Constitution.”

The resolution of disapproval, which passed 245 to 182, must now be taken up by the Senate, where three Republicans have already declared their support, only one short of the number needed for Congress to ratify a stinging rebuke of Mr. Trump’s efforts.

The measure now goes to the Senate which will HAVE to hold a vote. Three U.S. Senators (Susan Collins of Maine, Thom Tillis of North Carolina and Lisa Murkowski of Alaska) have said they plan to support the resolution.

Trump will veto the measure, but it will be a stinging rebuke that he's appropriating funds to appease his core supporters on a campaign promise.