Trump is on the verge of a bipartisan rejection of his emergency declaration at the border, in what would be an embarrassing rebuke by a Congress opposed to his immigration agenda
CAITLIN OPRYSKO Still, Cornyn seemed resigned to it passing the Senate: “All it takes is four right? You can do the math as well as I can.” From there, it would go to the president’s desk, where Trump would likely veto it and prompt a veto override battle. Right now, no one expects enough GOP defections in either the House or Senate to provide the two-thirds voted needed to override the president’s veto.
"We've come together before in bipartisan ways, if there was ever one that cries out for bipartisan rejection of an overreach of power, this is it," he said on Monday. Republicans will have fewer than three weeks to make up their minds. After the House passes the resolution, it will be referred to the Senate Armed Services Committee, though it can’t be bottled up in committee to avoid a floor vote.
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