BORDER/HOUSE OF REPS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/VETO: “The House failed Tuesday [3-26-19] to override President Donald Trump’s veto of a congressional resolution aimed at halting his emergency declaration for the southern border. The battle continues in the courts where opponents of the wall, including the American Civil Liberties Union and 20 states, are challenging Trump’s authority to declare a national emergency to build a barrier at the border…Trump vetoed the congressional resolution this month after a dozen Senate Republicans voted with Democrats to block his national emergency declaration. It was a major rebuke by Senate Republicans on one of Trump’s signature issues. Trump declared a national emergency along the U.S.-Mexican border Feb. 15 to free up money for a wall. The decision came after Congress rejected his request for $5.7 billion to build the barrier. As the House debated the vote, Trump met with Senate Republicans across the U.S. Capitol at their weekly policy lunch. The House voted 248 to 181, falling short of the two-thirds majority required to override a presidential veto. Fourteen Republicans joined Democrats in voting for the measure.The Senate will not take up the measure since it failed in the House, according to the office of Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky.”
–Deborah Barfield Berry and Eliza Collins, “House fails to override President Trump’s veto of national emergency resolution,” USA Today, March 27, 2019 11:59 am