BORDER/CONGRESS/DEMS/GOP/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “The House voted Tuesday [2-26-19] to overturn President Donald Trump’s national emergency declaration, delivering a harsh rebuke to the president’s attempt to go around Congress to fund a border wall. Every Democrat voted in favor, along with 13 Republicans. The Senate, which needs just fourGOP votes to approve it and send it to the president’s desk for his first veto, will vote on theresolution in the coming weeks. The unprecedented vote to block Trump’s emergency order is the first piece of Democrats’ multipronged attempt to halt the president’s unilateral attempt to spend billions of dollars without Congress’ approval, which both parties acknowledge is likely to land in the Supreme Court. Republicans in the House largely fell in line behind Trump, under immense pressure from GOP leaders, White House aides and the president himself.”
–Sarah Ferris, “House votes to block Trump’s national emergency declaration,” Politico, February 26, 2019 6:43 pm