BORDER/DEMS/GOP/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/VETO: “A dozen Republicans joined Senate Democrats on Thursday [3-14-19] to overturn President Trump’s declaration of a national emergency at the southwestern border, arguing that the president had exceeded his powers in trying to build a border wall over Congress’s objections. The 59-to-41 vote on a measure already approved by the House set up the first veto of Mr. Trump’s presidency. It was not a big enough margin to override his promised veto, but Congress has now voted for the first time to block a presidential emergency declaration — and on one of the core promises that animated Mr. Trump’s political rise…It was the latest sign that the cautious Republican majority in the Senate, spurred on by a far bolder Democrat-controlled House, was beginning to reassert its authority with a president who had gone virtually unchecked during his first two years in office.”
–Emily Cochrane and Glenn Thrush, “Senate Rejects Trump’s Border Emergency Declaration, Setting Up First Veto,” The New York Times online, March 14, 2019