Trump Issues First Veto, Overrules Congress to Protect National Emergency Declaration
The veto overrules Congress in order to protect the national emergency declaration for border wall funding.
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President Trump issued his first veto on Friday, overruling Congress in order to protect his national emergency declaration for border wall funding. The veto rejects a measure that would reverse that national emergency he declared on the southern border. The national emergency declaration unlocks billions of dollars in federal funds to build a wall on the southern border. It effectively bypassed Congress after lawmakers refused to meet Trump's multi-billion dollar request for border wall funds.
HAPPENING NOW: “Congress has the freedom to pass this resolution, and I have the duty to veto it,” said @POTUS. #BorderSecurity pic.twitter.com/FLeZrW0jYf
— Hogan Gidley (@hogangidley45) March 15, 2019
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