Senate Votes Again to Block Trump’s Border ‘Emergency’ Wall Fund
- Democrats force vote on measure Trump vetoed in March
- Vote seeks to pressure GOP senators up for re-election in 2020
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The U.S. Senate voted 54-41 to block Donald Trump’s national emergency declaration to divert taxpayer money to build a wall at the southern border -- the second vote Democrats forced to spotlight how GOP support for the president’s approach has diverted billions of dollars from military needs.
The move is symbolic because Trump vetoed the same resolution that passed in March 59-41, with 12 Republicans joining with all 47 Democrats to oppose his declaration. Trump resorted to the extraordinary approach after Congress approved only one-quarter of the $5.7 billion he sought for the wall this fiscal year.