US Senate set to reject Trump’s emergency declaration
Senate Majority leader Mitch McConnell says the Senate is set to reject President Donald Trump's national emergency declaration to secure funds to build the border wall. – EPA pic, March 5, 2019.
THE Republican-led US Senate is set to reject the national emergency Donald Trump declared to build his Mexico border wall, likely forcing the US president’s first veto, Majority leader Mitch McConnell said yesterday. The House of Representatives, which is controlled by Democrats, passed the so-called resolution of disapproval and sent it to the Senate, which is expected to vote in the coming weeks.
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