Trump will sign border bill, McConnell says, and declare national emergency originally appeared on abcnews.go.comIn a surprise development Thursday, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell announced on the Senate floor that President Donald Trump told him he would sign a border security funding bill that would avert a government shutdown, but also would declare a national emergency in order to get more funding for his proposed border wall. The Senate then voted to overwhelmingly approve the measure 83-16, sending it to the House for a vote late Thursday. PHOTO: Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell walks onto the Senate floor at the Capitol, Feb. 14, 2019. (Erik S. Lessser/EPA/Shutterstock) More(MORE: President Trump wants to declare a national emergency over the border. Many Republicans, including McConnell, had advised the president against declaring a national emergency, which is a challenge to Congress' "power of the purse" -- the power to decide how and where taxpayer money is spent.

Source: ABC News February 14, 2019 20:31 UTC