Rep. Joaquin Castro (D-Tex.) predicted the unprecedented measure will pass both the House and Senate. President Trump has threatened to use his veto pen if that happens.
The lead sponsor of a resolution to overturn President Trump’s emergency declaration at the border predicted Tuesday that it would pass both the House and Senate but acknowledged supporters could lack the votes to override a threatened presidential veto.
His comments came ahead of a planned vote later Tuesday in the House to nullify a presidential emergency declaration for the first time since passage of the National Emergencies Act in 1976.Democrats in the chamber are united in their effort to prevent Trump from using the declaration to divert more funding for border barriers than Congress has authorized.
Castro, appearing on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe,” said he is confident supporters of the resolution can meet that threshold in the Senate but stopped short of predicting the required 67 votes to override a veto in the Republican-led chamber. Castro argued that Republican senators should stand up for Congress as an institution and not set a precedent for future presidents to frivolously declare emergencies.
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