The vote effectively ends — for now — legislative attempts to strike down Trump’s national emergency declaration. Trump welcomed the outcome, writing on Twitter: “Thank you to the House Republicans for sticking together and the BIG WIN today on the Border. This month, Congress sent Trump a bipartisan disapproval resolution that sought to nullify his national emergency declaration, but Trump used the first veto of his presidency to strike it down. Trump announced the national emergency in February, following a record-long government shutdown and weeks of negotiations that resulted in a deal giving him billions less than he sought for barriers along the border. That money comes from a separate Pentagon fund aimed at combating drug smuggling that Trump was able to access without a national emergency declaration.

Source: Washington Post March 26, 2019 18:21 UTC