BREAKING: Trump issues first veto, defying Congress’ rebuke of his border emergency order.
With his first veto Friday, President Trump defied Congress’ bipartisan rejection of his declared national emergency at the southern border and insisted on his power to circumvent the legislative branch and direct billions of dollars for a wall there.
simply “VETO!” Both the Republican-controlled Senate and the Democratic-controlled House, which initiated the resolution to terminate the emergency declaration, had approved it by majorities that fell short of the two-thirds margin needed to override a presidential veto. Despite another veto threat, the Senate on Wednesday passed a resolution to end U.S. support for the war in Yemen led by Saudi Arabia. And the House unanimously voted to demand release of any report from the special counsel that’s been investigating Russia’s election interference, Trump and his associates. Also, Trump’s proposed federal budget for fiscal 2020 got a cool reception Monday on Capitol Hill.
President George W. Bush, who governed for his first six years with a Republican-controlled Congress, went his entire first term without a veto. In his second term, he issued 12, most after Democrats took over Congress for his final two years. Before the Senate vote, Trump had worked to limit Republican defections, tweeting “a vote for today’s resolution by Republican Senators is a vote for Nancy Pelosi, Crime, and the Open Border Democrats!”
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