Trump at risk of losing Senate vote on border funding
by Susan Ferrechio
| February 25, 2019 09:48 PM
President Trump on Monday was at risk of losing a critical Senate vote on his national emergency declaration on the border, which could set up Trump's first presidential veto.
Starting Tuesday, Congress will start to move a resolution disapproving of Trump's declaration, which he issued to access $3.6 billion in military construction funds to build a steel slat fence at the southern border. The disapproval resolution is expected to pass the House Tuesday, and the administration has been hopeful it would fail in the Republican-led Senate.
But at least three Senate Republicans are now expected to vote for the resolution along with Democrats, who only need four Republicans to pass it in the upper chamber.
Sen. Thom Tillis, R-N.C., announced he’ll oppose Trump’s national emergency declaration, and Sens. Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, Marco Rubio of Florida, and Susan Collins of Maine have also suggested they’ll vote with Democrats to revoke it.
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