BORDER/DEMS/GOP/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Senate delivered a stunning bipartisan rebuke to Donald Trump on Thursday [3-14-19] when 12 Republicans joined Democrats in voting to overturn the president’s national emergency declaration. In a 59-41 vote, the Senate approved a House passed-resolution to block Trump from funding his border wall without congressional approval. The GOP revolt will force Trump to issue the first veto of his presidency. The Republican defections present an embarrassment to the White House, which sought to limit the number of senators breaking with their party. Some Republican senators attempted to strike a deal with the White House that could have curbed the number of Republicans breaking with the president, but those talks fell through…Trump urged Republicans to stand with him ahead of the vote, tweeting ‘a vote for today’s resolution by Republican Senators is a vote for Nancy Pelosi, Crime, and the Open Border Democrats!’ But Senate Republicans’ admonishment of the president was a longtime in the making, as Republican senators had urged the president not to declare a national emergency to fund his border wall during the historic 35-day government shutdown.”
–Marianne Levine, “Senate deals blow to Trump in vote to terminate border emergency,” Politico, March 14, 2019 4:16 pm